A Matter of Pride
Brian Williams | Fall 2022A collection of newly donated photos showcases the richness of African American fraternities at U-M and the social pride found in off-campus housing.
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Bentley Historical LibraryStrong as Steel
Rashid Faisal | July 12, 2022In 1911, Cornelius L. Henderson became the second African American to earn an engineering degree from U-M. He was a pioneering steel engineer and architect who helped construct two of the major Great Lakes crossings between the United States and Canada.
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Michigan TodayThe action was affirmative
James Tobin | May 20, 2022Jumping back to the fall of 1953, a time long before discussions around affirmative action were commonplace, James Tobin shares the details of a conversation between first-year law student Roger Wilkins and Professor William Burnett Harvey.
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Bentley Historical LibraryA Conversation with Willis C. Patterson
September 28, 2020In this conversation with Willis C. Patterson, the Bentley Historical Library discusses his life of music, art, and advocacy and celebrates his donation of papers to the University's official archive. Patterson is a U-M professor emeritus of voice and former associate dean, who joined the faculty in 1968 as the first African American member of the SMTD faculty.
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Michigan MedicinePioneers and Pathbreakers
February 12, 2020Call them pioneers. Call them pathbreakers. But above all else, call them doctors, nurses, teachers, and leaders. Meet some of the African Americans who figured prominently in U-M medical history.
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Bentley Historical LibraryAn Unwritten Law
Brian Williams | January 7, 2020In 1930, every one of the 450 women housed in U-M’s brand new Moser-Jordan dormitory were white. African American students, parents, and alumni carried out a long battle to integrate the dorms, engaging in years of activism.
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Bentley Historical LibraryBeing Black at U-M
Katie Vloet | May 2019Austin McCoy ignited a social justice movement on campus and beyond. Learn how he fought to make U-M more diverse and why his papers are now archived at the University forever.
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