Negro Girls Win Heritage Award: Alumnae Honor Two Seniors as Interracial Pioneers at New Jersey College

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Title

Negro Girls Win Heritage Award: Alumnae Honor Two Seniors as Interracial Pioneers at New Jersey College

Description

An article reporting that two African American seniors, Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons, received the Heritage Award given by the Associate Alumnae of the New Jersey College for Women on June 4, 1949. They received the award for “contributing to the college tradition of democratic spirit by making the pioneer years of inter-racial living on the campus highly successful ones.”

Date

1949-06-05

Language

English

Publication

Place of publication

Page

71

Citation

“Negro Girls Win Heritage Award: Alumnae Honor Two Seniors as Interracial Pioneers at New Jersey College,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 18, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/270.