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Civil Rights Clippings from Greensboro College Publications

This collection of materials taken from publications produced at Greensboro College was digitized specifically for the Civil Rights Greensboro project and does not exist as a physical collection.

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"The Emperor Jones"
This photograph appeared in Greensboro College's 1976 yearbook, The Echo and shows the play "The Emperor Jones." This was the first play at Greensboro College to feature African American student actors and focus on African American themes.
A&T Choir to Sing
This February 1, 1952 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Carolinian, contains an announcement that the North Carolina A&T College Glee Club was to sing in Greensboro College's Odell Auditorium during the college's Religious Emphasis Week. This event reflect one type of interaction between the traditionally white Greensboro College and the historically black North Carolina A&T College.
A&T Students Protest Social Inhibitions
This February 11, 1960 News in Review article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian discusses the recent sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. In addition to presenting a summary description of what happened, the article also examines some of the legal aspects of the event.
Anthropology: Are People Really Different?
This February 11, 1960 article was published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian "as a preface to the forthcoming visit of Margaret Mead to the campus." The article discussed how anthropology works and what it studies. Written during the civil rights era, the article does offer some subtle commentary on the topic.
Around the Cracker Barrel
This April 20, 1960 op-ed article in The Collegian, Greensboro College's student newspaper, gives Ed Bryant's views regarding race relations, including the sit-ins which had recently taken place in Greensboro, and racial progress. Between 1960 and 1961, Bryant wrote a regular column for the student newspaper, entitled Around the Cracker Barrel, in which he frequently addressed the issue of race relations.
Around the Cracker Barrel
This September 23, 1960 op-ed article in The Collegian, Greensboro College's student newspaper, gives Ed Bryant's views on the Kennedy administration, labor, the Democratic Party's stance on civil rights, and religion. Between 1960 and 1961, Mr. Bryant wrote a regular column for the student newspaper, entitled Around the Cracker Barrel, in which he frequently addressed the issue of race relations.
Around the Cracker Barrel
This February 24,1961 op-ed article in The Collegian, Greensboro College's student newspaper, gives Ed Bryant's opinion of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins. Between 1960 and 1961, Mr. Bryant wrote a regular column for the student newspaper, entitled Around the Cracker Barrel, in which he frequently addressed the issue of race relations.
Around the Cracker Barrel
In this February 11, 1960 editorial published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, Edward H. Bryant, Jr. discusses the Woolworth sit-ins that occurred on Feb. 1, 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the student meetings which were held after the sit-ins. Bryant relates his own involvement and that of other Greensboro College students with the sit-ins and some meetings, which defined the scope and nature of the protests, that were held with black students at North Carolina A&T State University prior the actual events that took place.
Assembly - A Beginning?
In this February 13, 1970 op-ed article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, AEF (actual name unknown) discusses the "Black Awareness" gathering that had occurred at the school on February 3, 1970. The author hopes that more students become involved in such meetings and that people begin to think about the messages that were brought to light.
Assembly Presented on "Black Awareness"
This February 13, 1970 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, describes a gathering of African American Greensboro College students who read aloud from various texts and shared with the audience the frustrations that the black community was facing. These students included Karen Miller, Carolyn Pearce, Alfreda Williamson, and Judith Pickens.
Bill McClain
This photograph of senior photograph of William "Bill" McClain appeared in Greensboro College's 1975 yearbook, The Echo. Bill McClain helped found the school's United Afro-American Society (UAAS), played and coached Greensboro College basketball, was a dorm president, and participated in the Student Government Association (SGA).
Black Enrollment Studied
This January 1957 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, describes several studies examining black enrollment at southern colleges.
Boyd to Appear at G.C.
This October 10, 1969 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, announces an upcoming visit and speech by Rev. Malcolm Boyd at the school on March 23, 1970. Rev. Boyd was a civil rights activist and a political and theological speaker.
Civil Rights
In this March 8, 1968 op-ed article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, Joe Volpe reminds readers about Greensboro's past involvement with the civil rights movement and contains commentary on the South Carolina bowling alley slayings which occurred in early 1968. The author concludes that education, not job training, will eventually be the factor that ends the problem of racism and discrimination.
Civil Rights Provoke Filibuster
This March 14, 1960 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian describes a filibuster that occurred in US Congress on February 29, 1960, when the issue of protecting black voting rights came before it.
Current Opinion
Written on the heels of the US Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, this December 3, 1954 op-ed article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, reflects the opinions of Greensboro College students and faculty on the idea of integration and when it should or would occur.
Deloris Gilchrist
This photograph of Deloris Gilchrist appeared in Greensboro College's 1976 yearbook, The Echo. Gilchrist became Greensboro College's first African American Homecoming Queen in 1976.
First Black S.G.A. President at G.C.
In this April 18, 1977 article published in the Greensboro College student newspaper, The Collegian, Albert Case interviews Fred Davie, the school's first black Student Government Association (SGA) president. Davie, who previously served as the vice president of the SGA, indicated that he felt his being elected showed how the college's student body was no longer viewing race as a determining factor in student government elections. The article lists various ways in which Greensboro College was becoming more integrated.
Fred Davie
This photograph of Fred Davie appeared in Greensboro College's 1978 yearbook, The Echo. Davie became the first African American Student Government Association (SGA) president at Greensboro College in 1978.
Greensboro College Beta Iota Omega
This photograph of Beta Iota Omega appeared in Greensboro College's 1971 yearbook, The Echo, depicts the first African American student accepted into the organization. She was not pictured with any of the classes and has not been further identified.

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