Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History

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INDEX Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 405 AACSDP. See African American Community Student Development Program (AACSDP) ABC. See Association for Black Concerns (ABC) abolition/abolitionists, 303n17; colleges and, 33; female students and, 44–48; fundraising and, 36; Great Britain and, 306n15; Lane Theological Seminary and, 16; Oberlin College and, 2, 18, 26. See also antislavery societies Abusua, 153, 168, 196, 220, 221, 236, 240, 248, 258–59. See also Oberlin College Alliance for Black Culture (OCABC) academic freedom, 165 Accessibility Committee, 260–68 Adams, John E., 150 Adams, Mary Ann, 21 Adams, Philip D., 21 A2rmative Action Committee, 239 A2rmative Action O2ce, 242 a2rmative action programs, 13–14, 175–79, 210, 227–28, 284, 288 Africa, 73, 81, 153 African American Community Student Development Program (AACSDP), 148–50, 208, 210 African Americans: anti-Negro laws, 75; demographics , 29, 307n26; distinguished leaders, 190; economic equality for, 90; identity and, 28, 154; on multicultural education movement, 203; Oberlin mission and, 18, 26; studies programs, xv, 144, 145–46, 153–54, 155, 161–64. See also abolition; black students; slavery African American Studies Department, xv, 149, 179, 229 African Students Association, 220, 221 Afrikan Heritage House, 225, 237, 240, 256, 261. See also Afro-American House Afro-American Cultural Living Center, 143 Afro-American House, 143, 164. See also Afrikan Heritage House Afro-Americans. See African Americans Afro-American Studies Committee, 145 Alexander, Louisa L., 45 Alianza Latina, La, 220, 221, 248, 259 Allegheny Institute (Allegheny, Pa.), 34, 49 Allen, Camille Hamlin, 357n50 Allen, Sarah J., 52 Allen Memorial Art Museum, 271, 280 AMA. See American Missionary Association (AMA) American Anti-Slavery Society, 36, 37, 38, 40, 65 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 8 American Colonization Society, 42 American Council on Education, 276 American Indian Council, 220, 221 American Missionary Association (AMA), 34, 49–55 America Reads, 223 Amherst College (Amherst, Mass.), 144–45, 289 Amistad Committee, 51 Amistad mutiny, 51 Amistad Research Center, 51, 53, 55 Anderson, David, 149 Anderson, Polly J., 136 Antioch College (Yellow Springs, Ohio), 144, 158, 165, 348n124 Anti-Racism Education Committee, 261–62 antislavery societies, 32, 314n105. See also abolition /abolitionists apartheid, 205 Ashley, Barbara J., 137 Ashmun Institute (Pa.), 7. See also Lincoln University (Pa.) Asian American Alliance, 220, 221, 227, 228, 248, 259 Asian Americans: at Oberlin, 13, 150–51, 203, 231, 236, 238, 279; recruitment of, 151; representation, 238; SATs and, 290 Association for Black Concerns (ABC), 216, 272, 287 athletes, 325n94, 326n99; race and, 88–91, 92, 95, 98 Atlanta University (Atlanta, Ga.), 7 Atwell, Robert H., 276 Audre Lorde Project, 221 Avery, Charles, 34, 59, 84; philanthropy of, 51, 59; as reformer, 34; Scholarship Fund, 34, 49, 85, 283; tribute to, 48–50 Avery College. See Allegheny Institute (Allegheny , Pa.) Babcock, T., 53 Bagby, James (Ihsan Abdul-Wajid), 165 Baker, Arthur, 90 Baker, Charlotte, 152 Baker, Joyce, 10 Index 406 Baker, Norman, 152 Balkans, missionary service to, 73 Barbershop Harmony Committee, 117 barbershops and discrimination, 116–21, 191 Bardwell, John P., 52, 55 Barker, Lucy, 134 Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), 7 Beagle, Ida, 102 Beardsley, Leonard E., 21 Beaudreau, Mary Louise. See Terrell, Mary Louise Beecher, Lyman, 16 Bell, Valerie Raines, 357n52 Bender, Donna M., 79, 134, 136 Berea College (Berea, Ky.): as abolitionist, 33, 44; as diferent, 183; as integrated, 7; and segregation, 89; and tuition, 148 Betsch, B. Johnnetta. See Cole, B. Johnnetta Betsch Betsch, Marvyne E., 134 Beverly, Rachel, 253, 254; fund, 364n137 Bigglestone, William E., xiii, 3, 35, 74 Big Six Meet (1910), 89 Birney, James G., 41 Bishop, Ida Mary, 102 Bishop, Philip, 117 Black, Joan E., 136 black churches, 10, 74–75, 152. See also speci0c churches Black College Exchange Program, 133–37, 192, 193 black colleges: exchange programs, 8, 79, 133–37, 157, 192; southern-based, 7; students in, 11, 225, 290 Blackman, Mark J., 209 blackness, meaning of, 4 black power movement, 13, 195 black pride, 42, 132, 140, 154, 196 Blacks. See African Americans; black students black solidarity, 165–67 black students: academic risk in, 12–13, 142, 225, 285; admittance of, 2, 3–4, 5, 6, 9, 12–13, 18–19, 26–27; antidiscriminatory handbill, 112–13, 114–16; on anti-Negro laws, 75; athletes, 88–90, 92, 95, 98; black families’ assistance, 152–53; as cause, 80; demographics and statistics, 19, 35, 138, 152, 179, 287, 289–91; dining arrangements and, 83; drop in enrollment , 82, 280; economic support for, 30–31, 33–35, 48, 59, 60...