About this Exhibit

The original exhibit was researched and edited by members of the Library MLK Day Committee:  Kati Bauer, Trey Boynton (University Housing), Shevon Desai, Melissa Hepburn, Tom Hubbard, Karen Jania (Bentley Historical Library), Darlene Nichols, Glenda Radine, Charles Ransom, Lorraine Robert (School of Information).  Research assistance provided by Tara Bell, Lisa Hardman, Molly Mahony (Tanner Philosophy Library), Molly Malcolm, Madeleine Sheldon, and Kelsey Valente.

Historical images courtesy Bentley Historical Library.  Photo of Elsie Roxborough courtesy Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.

Sources

The Beginnings
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Ann Arbor Historical Notes, Population, and Enrollment
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University of Michigan Minority Enrollment At All-Time High. New Pittsburgh Courier, November 28, 1992

University of Michigan.  Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives.  Michigan Diversity Report.  Retrieved from http://www.oami.umich.edu/images/MSS%20DIVERSITY%20REPORT.pdf

A Puzzling Problem

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A Concrete Reason for the Race Prejudice at Ann Arbor. Detroit Free Press, September 17, 1912

Michigan Gets German Professor as Lecturer. The Jewish Criterion.  February 16, 1934

The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year. Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1930

Race Co-Eds Oppose Separate Quarters at Michigan Univ.  The Pittsburgh Courier. September 21, 1929

U of M Colored Students’ Benevolent Club. Detroit Free Press, February 3, 1902

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University of Michigan Insults Two Races. The Chicago Defender, March 10, 1934

Diversity in Student Life

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Students Stage Sit-in at U of M against Racism. Afro-American, March 28, 1987

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University of Michigan Bars Basketball Player; Cite Unwritten Color Line. The Chicago Defender, January 13, 1943

University of Michigan. Class Cuts.  The Harvard Crimson, April 11, 1987

University of Michigan Tells Negro Girl She Can’t Reside in Dormitory.  Atlanta Daily World, August 30, 1934

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Student Background

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Japanese Students at the University of Michigan. Detroit Free Press, September 2, 1900

Marshall is Winner:  Colored Boy Captures Highest Debating Honor. Detroit News, December 11, 1906

Norris, Clarence W.  Up from Poverty. [San Antonio, Texas], 1987

Rufus, W. Carl.  Twenty-Five Years of the Barbour Scholarships, Reprinted from Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review, December 19, 1942

Young Negro Student Wins $300.00 Award:  Takes 1st Prize in National Contest.  Pittsburgh Courier, December 23, 1939.

Student Advocates
Kamins, HeatherGoss to be named athletic Director.  The Michigan Daily, April 16, 2001

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Diversity in Faculty

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Meyers Greene, Deborah.  Lester Monts to return to faculty in July 2014.  The University Record, September 30, 2013.  Retrieved from http://ur.umich.edu/1314/Sep30_13/4895-lester-monts-to

Neal Outlines Goals of Interim Presidency.  Michigan Today, Fall 1996.  Retrieved from http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/61095

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After U-M

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Educator Becomes School Board Head.  The Baltimore Afro-American, September 6, 1969

Halpern, Jeanne.  Marise Hadden’s Road to Social Change.  Michigan Alumnus, September 1969.

Michigan’s Champion Orator.  Michigan Today, December 1995.

NCC Prof. Gets Mich. Degree, Sets Precedent.  Tri-State Defender; June 25, 1960

Peace Corps Director is Black Woman Professor.  Oakland Post, October 21, 1971

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After U-M

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