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"Censure of 5 Colleges Asked in Loyalty Firings"

 Item — Box: CRJO 1
Identifier: CRJO 1/08

Dates

  • Creation: 1918-1956.

Language of Materials

English.

General

Clipping. Date: March 22, 1956; Published in: The Washington Post and Times Herald; Content: Reports that a special committee of the American Association of University Professors recommended that five college and university administrations be censured for firing or suspending faculty members in civil rights controversies. Institutions involved include University of California, Ohio State University, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, N.J.), Temple University (Philadelphia), and Jefferson Medical College (also Philadelphia). The committee also recommended that several other institutions, including University of Chicago, Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.), Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY), be commended for standing by faculty under accusations of Communist affiliations.

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Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

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