3 10 84 https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/0a8487d2008ecf75dd60a9109bb8801b.png 683414721acb19522fa603cb0dd57158 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource “Ode to Charley: A Drinking Song” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Reveille Yearbook, pp. 106-07 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries Description An account of the resource As is evident from the many pictures in this case from the Reveille, the Maryland Agricultural College’s yearbook, and, once the institution became the University of Maryland, the Terrapin Yearbook, White students on campus engaged broadly and frequently in racist tropes and language in activities then deemed worthy of preservation in their annual publication. At times this casual racism and focus extended to individual African Americans well-known to students on campus, individuals for whom a measure of affection is evident alongside and with tone, language, and imagery that is dehumanizing. Such language used by Whites towards Black individuals betrays a tendency simultaneously to both show affection and assume a position of superiority towards the subject of address. Mr. Charles “Charlie” Dory was a most frequent target of students’ attention. The campus kitchen frequently was referred to as “Charlie Dory’s Health Resort,” innocuous enough, but in these pages from two of the Reveille yearbooks (1913 and 1916), Mr. Dory and two other Lakelanders are subjected to dehumanizing racialization. “Ode to Charley: A Drinking Song” is “dedicated to the Big Chief, by one of his tormentors.” While written in jest, the torment had to have been real for Mr. Dory and others from Lakeland and other Black communities who worked on campus. Mr. Dory’s cooking exploits are regaled, but others in the kitchen are named – Tom, Sid, and Chesley Mack – and “others, hid, but all as black As our well-known Minstrel Clown.” A minstrel clown is exactly how a student cartoonist depicted Mr. Dory in the 1916 pages of Reveille. Mr. Dory is depicted as a blackface minstrel (Coon) character in livery carrying a tray of food and drink and with napkin draped over his left arm. In the register below this one in the cartoon, a “Sam” in blackface and polka-dot shirt and check-pocketed breeches and cap is shown furiously sweeping a cloud of dust, with a can and dead rat among the detritus. This Sam is Samuel Stewart, who worked at the Maryland Agricultural College at this time and lived in Lakeland. His father, also Samuel Stewart, and mother, Georgianna Stewart, founded Embry AME Church in 1903. That their son would be represented in this racist manner is particularly galling, especially for Lakelanders who to this day honor and revere the Stewarts for their role in building the community. https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/8ce3ab8695be1c0ab81a4fde77a1277c.jpg 7ff72e172ffc70021c9d1da05180240c Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Apologies demanded for coeds' rejection" Description An account of the resource In 1968, four students were rejected from a home economics experiment based on their race. The article in the Diamondback and the archival photo showcase demands made and actions taken by the Black Student Union against these discriminatory practices. In the article, you can read their list of five demands. The photo allows you to witness their resistance in action. For more on this important period of Black student activism on campus, please visit Claiming Their Space: Black Student Activism at the University of Maryland, a digital exhibition created Spring 2020 by students in the Museum Research Seminar of the Museum Scholarship and Material Culture program. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Diamondback, p. 1 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 17, 1968 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/937a506adfc9a1ad3dc70a23dbc22caa.png 8268f3d405ecae5d5cef4ae9b9430a50 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Open Letter to president Elkins from Michael Tabor, president of Suburban Washington CORE June 5, 1965 Subject The topic of the resource UMD & Systemic Racism Description An account of the resource This letter outlines and describes the reasons for CORE’s picketing of the University in the spring of 1965. The main reason for picketing the University is because it “epitomizes a state system of education which is unequal and discriminatory.” Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Office of the President, Box 451, University of Maryland records, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries. http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1634 https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/20e8eb01c0e5f0cb1a5c9439cabaee8b.jpg bbb487e92060589dbf898c61c598638b https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/acaf6d2048d61beb7800185c7494c187.jpg 736886709a4ab69b4dfcf36bfeaaa14e Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On the Shoulders of Giants Subject The topic of the resource UMD & Systemic Racism Description An account of the resource The plaque was commissioned and created by the black faculty and staff association and the university of Maryland. Seeking acknowledgment and awareness of the black people who helped build the school, but often go unnoticed. The plaque was placed on that building in 1998. https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/d1c9ad6692de7599d7f2c1b7ef96f81b.jpg d7f9cbf8cdfd2e3b198df88c030af106 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ethel Dory Thumbnail https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/4a6ca3019917ebcf8450da9299dc3d37.jpg 8f64f64f275b62e5d48777944a351fe1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pearl Lee Cambell Edwards Thumbnail https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/9655793261e2cb57f0f6c01ace55af00.jpg b910598294306c1f803e44e2401fe965 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Violetta Sharps Jones Thumbnail https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/7b727459b5ab57c19bf56ffc6cbb66e7.jpg 193ff618dccef9a421ba27f527b79859 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Arthur Dock thumbnail https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/83bdb9cc2d0d9eb602967040fc13285a.jpg 2dc473efb0a8cb4a6c03bc26442dbf23 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ellsworth Dory Thumbnail