7 10 84 https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/20e8eb01c0e5f0cb1a5c9439cabaee8b.jpg bbb487e92060589dbf898c61c598638b 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/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/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/ddebbf91e2675ec7ac3642a31804b22c.png 3bd62aa1da86d097a1b3a79f70f59cf4 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 Kappa Alpha 1969 Description An account of the resource We have chosen this photo for its representation of racist and white supremacist ideologies that persist among us. While this photo holds the faces of young men in 1969, the year it appeared in the student yearbook. It also highlights the way these ideals stick with us regardless of where we go. We often use youth, humor, and time as a way to excuse racism, but this photo forces us to face our history and the violence it promoted. In other words, you are looking at future lawmakers, educators, and everyday people who uphold and support racist systems of belief. It can’t be excused or ignored. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Terrapin Yearbook, p. 360 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1969 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/88f81ba5d4a1bb7223693d714d172051.png d92cb10f661cb69de7f3b27f481f36b1 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 Rally on the Mall Flyer - Sponsored by the Black Students Union Description An account of the resource This flier was created for a rally October 5th hosted by Black students and faculty in 1977 and appeared in Black Explosion on October 3, 1977. They were seeking more support and representation within UMD and also advocating for the Lakeland community, among the many causes listed at the bottom of the flier. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Black Explosion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 3, 1977 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/b2758fc5ce32af419c4a73ba63c97041.png e0584e100789e906f6dbf4f6c56d9786 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 "'Ousting Rumors' cause Lakeland Uproar" Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Black Explosion, p. 5 Description An account of the resource The newspaper above showcases the black community’s effort to bring awareness to the displacement of Lakeland residents caused by UMD. While the UMD community may not have known about it then or now, it caused a huge disruption for black lakelanders. Using their voice and autonomy, the Lakeland resisted the displacement vehemently and took every effort to maintain ownership of their community. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 21, 1974 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/237bb80d0d9bb110de4ef97da3a8529b.png afcf78648b1f4407363bebde004e76e3 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 University of Maryland Employees https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/2a5756584bc38388b35db43d804741c9.gif 1ae85ea2fd82881d4ce598e9ca3f6014 https://heartofthetable.artinterp.org/files/original/4ce71f6950572c98a366ae6de552d190.png 381b64138f4c6ee3d6ccdfd866cc7a7d 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 “Maryland atmosphere served up southern ‘fried’” Subject The topic of the resource 1947 May Day Celebration Description An account of the resource May Day festivities were a prominent celebration each year at the Maryland State College and the University of Maryland. University Archives retain photographs of such celebrations including maypole dances, diaphanous costumes reminiscent of Roman antiquity, and the awarding of the “May Queen” title with a triumphal march from the Main Administration Building. Other activities, such as those shown here–“Southern ‘fried’”–reflect the disparaging realities that align with such celebrations in a school just south of the Mason-Dixon line. Black communities along the Route 1 corridor less than five miles from campus, including Lakeland, North Brentwood, and Muirkirk, celebrated May Day as a celebration of the coming of spring, rather than as a moment to reinforce racist biases at the core of contemporary society. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Terrapin Yearbook, p. 197 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Special Collections and University Archives, University of Maryland Libraries