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“Ode to Charley: A Drinking Song”
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…
"Apologies demanded for coeds' rejection"
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…
Open Letter to president Elkins from Michael Tabor, president of Suburban Washington CORE June 5, 1965
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.”…
On the Shoulders of Giants
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…
