Civil Rights Clippings from Guilford College Publications
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A&T College Senior Explains Current Sit-Down Strike
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In this May 10, 1960 article in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reporter Penny Smith interviews an unnamed senior from North Carolina A&T College about why students from that institution and nearby Bennett College entered into their sit-in movement and what they hoped to gain from their efforts. The article provides context for understanding Guilford College's role, or lack of a role, in the efforts to integrate local lunch counters and points to a perceived separation between Guilford College and the wider Greensboro community.
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Administration Holds Non-commital Attitude As Student Pickets Demonstrate At Imperial Barber Shop
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This February 23, 1968 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, describes students picketing the Imperial Barber Shop which refused to provide services to African American students and college administration's perspective that " students will have to act as individuals." Picketing was the students' attempt to appeal to the wider community regarding integration and equal access to services.
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Affirmative Action
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This April 1, 1976 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the appointment of Bud Place as the school's newly appointed Affirmative Action Officer. The article also includes the text of a memo from the school's president, Grimsley Hobbs, asking all faculty and staff to cooperate with all laws regarding equal opportunity.
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Affirmative Action
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This September 20, 1977 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, describes the college's creation of the first Affirmative Action Director position as well as an Affirmative Action Committee composed of interested employees. The article further outlines recommendations of the committee in its efforts to draft an affirmative action plan.
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African Educator Visits Campus
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In this May 11, 1961 article in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reporter Shirley Jones describes Kenyan educator Benjamin Wegasa's visit to Guilford's campus and the many lectures and programs offered during his stay. Wegasa focused on education as the determining factor in his nation's success recognized the need to increase education of women.
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And All He Asks of Us Is to Give Each Other Love
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This October 1, 1971 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the Black Children Can (BCC) program started by the student organization Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB) the previous year. The BCC program was an empowerment and education project involving about thirty African American children in Greensboro.
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Arts Series Segregation Questioned by Students
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In this letter to the editor submitted by Guilford student Kirk Woods, the use of the term "segregation" was in reference to the entire student body being forced to sit in the back of Dana Auditorium during the Arts Series lectures. Woods claimed that such a policy, forced on students who do pay for their tickets, hampered their ability to participate in such lectures, especially when offered the opportunity to question the presenters as they were often passed over for questions from "patrons." This is significant as it is a utilization of the word less in reference to race and more so to age highlighting changing attitudes at the college and around the country.
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Athletes Backed by Blacks
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This October 10, 1969 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on a demonstration by African American students regarding grooming policies for athletes. While the school's policy mandated short hair on athletes, black athletes argued that Afro hairstyles were a critical part of black identity.
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BASIB
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This November 8, 1968 editorial by staff writer Mark Lessner was published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, and highlights the stereotyping of black students on the Guilford College campus. The student organization, Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB), formed at the college that same year and challenged stereotypes and assumptions about black students and the role of African-Americans in society and history.
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BASIB Aims for Unity
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This February 5, 1980 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the college's eighth annual Journey Into Blackness event. The goal of the multi-day event was to expose the community to various aspects of the black experience. It was sponsored by the student organization Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB).
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BASIB Presents "Contributions"
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This March 1, 1977 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, describes the college's fifth annual Journey Into Blackness event which took on the theme 'Contributions.' The goal of the multi-day event was to expose the community to various aspects of the black experience. It was sponsored by the student organization Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB).
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BASIB Speaks
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This March 9, 1970 opinion piece was written by African American student Vinetta Bell and published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian. In this article she challenges Guilford College administration's commitment to Quaker beliefs of equality by pointing out that most of the school's African American staff work in service positions like maids and janitors, while most of the administrative and faculty positions are held by whites.
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BASIB Voices Discontent
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This March 7, 1969 article in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, announces the discontent of black students with the college administration's responses to their requests for black faculty members and courses focused on the African-American culture and history. After many meetings with administrators and attempts to bring events and speakers to campus with little interest from the rest of the community, Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB) wrote this article in an effort to connect with fellow students and gain wider support on such issues.
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BSC Supports Strike
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This December 4, 1970 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the college's Black Student Coalition's efforts to raise awareness about the work conditions of blind workers, approximately half of which are African American, at the local Skillcraft business. The coalition was working in conjunction with the Greensboro Association of Poor People (GAPP).
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Barber Shop As Hoc Legislation
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This February 16, 1968 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the efforts of the Guilford College community to force local barber shops to integrate. This is significant as a point in the college's history when the students, both white and black, were willing to take up a cause and push for a meaningful solution, regardless of whether or not it was considered the popular course of action.
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Barber Shop Forum
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This October 27, 1967 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, reports on the progress at the second meeting hosted at Guilford College regarding the racial discrimination against potential "Negro" customers at the Imperial Barber Shop. The shop refused to cut the hair of "Negro" customers, and students and faculty at the College met to decide if further action should be taken. An increasing number of African American students enrolled at Guilford needed access to such services, bringing the issue of civil rights closer to the Guilford College campus.
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Black Children Can
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This February 11, 1975 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, the Guilfordian, reports on the Black Children Can (BCC) program sponsored by the student organization Brothers and Sisters in Blackness (BASIB).
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Black Orientation
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This August 30, 1977 article published in the Guilford College student newspaper, The Guilfordian, describes the first orientation session designed for incoming African American students at the school.
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