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Race relations

Bergeman, Jessica A. | interview

Date
2015-03-19
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Bergeman (VC 1996) graduated Vassar in 1996. She was actively involved in the Black Student Union and was president her Junior year. During her time she worked to build a sense of community among the other student organization in the Multi-Cultural Center. She accredits Vassar for developing her

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Branson, Cherri | interview

Date
2015-03-27
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Branson (VC 1981) grew up in the Washington, D.C., area.

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Charlton-Ouw, Kristofer | interview

Date
2015-03-24
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Gaudlin, Andrew Lee | interview

Date
2015-04-10
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Harris, Nikki Brandon | interview

Date
2015-03-22
Abstract

Harris (VC 1985) graduated from Vassar College with a degree in Political Science.

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Keffer, Bertha. Diary, 1876

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47597-Service File.jpg
Date
1876-01-01T01:00:01Z-1876-12-31T23:59:59Z
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The Vassar College Archives within the Digital Library include some images, texts, and material items that are racist, xenophobic, or otherwise harmful. The Vassar Libraries have provided descriptive text and additional notes whenever possible to alert Digital Library users to these items. The Engaged Pluralism Initiative Race and Racism in Historical Collections Project Group is working with the library on contextualizing and facilitating community conversations about these materials. For more information see: https://library.vassar.edu/rrhc
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VC 1876, handwritten.,This item is a collection of writings by Keffer and her classmates. It features a lengthy poem about the arrival of the first Japanese students in 1872, which also appears in Ella C. Lapham's (VC 1876) scrapbook. The racist poem mocks the Japanese students' English language

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Vassar College ANTH-AFRS 386 Interview Project

Date
2015-01-01T00:00:01Z-2015-05-31T23:59:59Z
Abstract

The interviews in this collection are a result of the projects by students in Vassar College's "ANTH/AFRS 386: Situating Blackness" course in Spring 2015. The course encouraged students to explore the meanings of blackness (and raced identity categories) as lived experience at Vassar College and

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