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Issues in African American and Africana Studies
The introduction course to African American and Africana Studies is the core requirement for the AAAS minor. This course is currently taught by Dr. Patricia Lott and is offered approximately every two years. Students in the course read a variety of…
Ursinus College Anthropology and Sociology Department Photo 2006
This photo depicts Maggie Ussery (right) along with in the 2004 Ruby Yearbook. As the first coordinator of the African American Africana Studies Program, Ms. Ussery also taught SOC/WMS 264 Gender, Race and Work: a course investigating the…
Racism Symposium Set For March 20 with Lincoln Univ.
"Racism Symposium Set For March 20 with Lincoln Univ." is an article with an unknown author written on March 6, 1969 from the Ursinus Weekly. The article speaks on a lecture that was had at Ursinus College with Lincoln University on the topic…
Bond is Back!
"Bond is Back!" is a newspaper article which was written by Keir Lewis, published on March 6th, 1969 from the Ursinus Weekly. In the article, Julian Bond (who was a spokesperson and was involved in the organization, NAACP and the a founding member…
Minority Student Affairs Memorandum
Richard Richter memos the Senior Staff about his recent hiring of two black faculty members and a recruitment counselor in the Admissions Office for their plans to create the Bridge Program. This memo exhibits the progress being made on a strategic…
Race and Ethnicity in Philadelphia
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Roger Florka
Dr. Florka is an associate professor of Philosophy at Ursinus College. Dr. Florka teaches a Race and Ethnicity course in Philadelphia. The course is exploring race and ethnicity in Philadelphia through studying its history, politics, economics.…
Facing segregation in the 21st century through campus programs
“Facing segregation in the 21st century through campus programs” was written by Tom Nucatola and was published on March 24, 2011, in the Ursinus Grizzly. Mr. Nucatola argues that SPINT housing and the W.R. Crigler Institute program (formerly The…
Michele Connell McLennan
This eulogy commemorates Dr. McLennan who was an Associate Professor of Business and Economics at Ursinus College. She was a tenured professor at the college and received the Spencer Foundation Grant to study gender specific education in the…
Bridge Program Advertisement
The document gives a summary of what the Bridge Program is about and the types of students that would benefit the most from it. It explains when the students will arrive, where they will reside for the four weeks, and how all expenses will be…
Tradition vs Change
In this newspaper article, the author writes about the initial treatment that black students being admitted to Ursinus were facing. In specific, he argues about the age of the student and the rights that they have earned and continue to earn.…