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Brian Headshot
Headshot of Brian Legarth
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Garrett Headshot
Headshot of Garrett Allen
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Turner Headshot
Headshot of Turner
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Portrait of President Huntley and Mrs. Huntley
This double portrait, by Charlottesville artist Rick Weaver, depicts President Huntley of Washington and Lee University alongside his wife. Huntley headed the university during the 1970s and early 1980s and oversaw the attempted expansion of integration as well as the establishment and growth of SABU and black culture events at W&L.
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William Hill and Friends Representing SABU
This photo depicts William Hill, along with classmates Philip Alan Hutcheson, Bobby Ray Smith, and Matthew Towns, as they relax on the front porch of their house in 1974. In the photo, the friends are wearing the SABU jackets that Hill describes in his oral interview with Mame Warren.
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D-Train, Lite Year featured in SABU Ball
This article previews the 1984 SABU Ball, which featured the notable band D-Train and the Virginia Beach-based Lite Years. This was the second year that SABU held the ball in the Warner Center (moved there from Evans Hall), and accordingly, the SABU president, Ron Magee, expresses hope that the venue change will continue attract a greater number of students to the event. Magee hopes to attract white students as well. All of the profits from the ball would be given back to the school, specifically towards a fund that would help students in times of emergency need.
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SABU won't request EC funds
This article talks about a year when SABU did not request any funds from the EC because they felt they had been treated unfairly in the past
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Calyx from 1969, Walter Blake and Carl Smothers
This yearbook contains the freshman photos of the first two African American students (Walter Blake and Carl Smothers) to graduate the undergraduate program at Washington and Lee.
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Black awareness and social life increase
This article is all about the black experience at that time and explains that many of the white students have no idea what they do for social life.
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The IFC Cop-Out
This article talks about the struggle to decide whether or not a historically black fraternity should be re-colonized on campus. The argument was that having the HBF moves the school closer to "institutionalized segregation." After discussion, the re-colonization was approved and Alpha Phi Alpha was approved.
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Black Emphasis Month brings array of speakers
This short article talks about the different amazing speakers that Washington and Lee brought in to talk in Lee Chapel about different topics relating to the Black Student experience.
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Fancy Dress The Dark Continent
This supplement talks about the controversial theme for Fancy Dress: "The Dark Continent." The theme is geared to be similar to an African Jungle and towards the end of the article the even make a joke about it being close in proximity to Black History month.
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New Greeks strive for change
This article talks about how historically black fraternities and sororities are going a different way with Greek life. They are trying to change it for the better and this lays out their strategies.
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Exploring Diversity at Washington and Lee
This article progresses through the past, present, and future of diversity at Washington and Lee. It talks about Professor DeLaney's experience and Dean McCloud's take.
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Being black: isolation and self-doubt
This article talks about the struggles of being a black student at Washington and Lee University in the 80's. It is very vulgar in today's terms but ends with finding ways to make integration a thing.
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SAB Rejects SABU Proposal
SABU reached out to SAB to get representation in their organization and were rejected with a 25-0-2 vote.
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Oral Interview with Walter Blake
Oral interview with Walter Blake, one of the first Black graduates, about his experience at W&L. In the excerpts, Blake details the formation of the Student Association for Black Unity (SABU) and the nature of its core group. Blake served as the organization's first president.
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Oral Interview with Theodore C. Delaney
A PDF of the Oral Interview with Theodore C. Delaney about his experience at W&L. DeLaney discusses his experience growing up in Lexington, working as a janitor in the Biology Department, eventually taking classes as an adult student and graduating, and his reflections on what he's since learned about the black experience at W&L. In the excerpts attached, DeLaney discusses the realities of being black at W&L shortly after desegregation and posits why Blake, Hill, and others have generally looked back on their experience in a positive light.
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Interview with William Hill
Interview with Mr. William Hill about his experience at W&L. In Excerpt 1, Hill details the circumstances of Black Culture Weekend and the initial formation of SABU, and in Excerpts 2 and 3 he details the implications and legacy of what it means to be a black student and alumnus of W&L.
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Interview of Black Students Enrolled at Washington and Lee, #11
A PDF transcript of an interview with an anonymous African-American senior at W&L about his experience with the school. A football player and fraternity member, he seems generally content with the school and his friends, and does not detail the sense of racial "othering" throughout the interview that the female student highlights in Interview #11 (he does emphasize that racial tensions aren't as high because there aren't enough black students to produce such tension). However, near the end, he expresses the wish that he had known everything about the school before he chose to attend and expresses a sense of loneliness in the idea that none of his friends shared nor truly understood his background or problems.
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Interview of Black Students Enrolled on Campus, #32
An interview of an anonymous African-American female sophomore about her experiences as a black student at W&L. Generally, she describes feelings of discomfort and isolation, along with the fact that very few people took the time to get to know her. Importantly, she focuses on her perception as a black student, not just a student.
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Honor Case Ended; Grievances Remain
A newspaper article that talks about the an Honor trial of an African American student that argues that the complaints were racially oriented.
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Lamb, Frazier Defend, Oppose Integration
Students debate the merits of integration.