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Biography of Joyce L. Strickland ‘34; first mention of Blackness in the literary magazine, The Lantern (first issue, May 1933); Short story: “A Domestic Episode” (1934)
Art is the pulse of social consciousness. The Lantern is one of the first, and certainly the biggest circulation of art at Ursinus College. To find that a white woman is applauded for speaking from the black experience in the first publication of…
First Black AFABs to Graduate from Ursinus College- Deborah C. Bumbry, English Major & Carol Lynne Clark, History Major (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (1973)
It is baffling that the first black women to graduated from Ursinus only forty-five years ago. The first black man graduated in 1956-- seventeen years beforehand. Not only does this highlight a racial bias on campus, but a gender bias is certainly a…
Email notification of the passing of Dr. W. Robert Crigler, the first African-American student at Ursinus College. Email sent on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 by “Ursinus News”
Dr. W. Robert Crigler was the first African-American graduate of Ursinus College in 1956. His passing is significant for many reasons, however most recognizable is the establishment of The W. R. Crigler Institute for black students (formerly known as…
Carol Clark Lawerence (1998)
After graduation, Carol Clark Lawrence went to serve on the Ursinus Board of Directors. This is remarkable given Ursinus’s lack of inclusion of Black female voices only two decades prior. This source highlights the pererverance and tenacity of Black…