History and Haverford College (HC): Civil Rights and Diversity

This recorded interview with a Haverford History professor includes: Coming to Haverford in the 60s (4:18) -- Teaching;Quakerism and protest (7:49) -- Hierarchy, coffee hour and religion (6:56) -- Interaction between students and faculty living on campus (5:58) -- Women and change at the College (5:15) -- Anti-Semitism and other negatives (4:54) -- The arrival of black students (10:48) -- The Vietnam War; Research and publishing (24:22).

This Political Science thesis argues that alienation leads to Black student protest and recommends ways to incorporate Black students into the Haverford community.

This is an independent study report on diversity at Haverford examined in the Spring of 1999, meant by the author to serve as a benchmark for the future. It is accompanied by a folder of supporting materials including statistical charts; also 2 cassettes: Race panel discussion, 3/22/99 and National Public Radio’s interview with President Tom Tritton on college campus diversity, October 19, 1998.

This is a History Department senior thesis.