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The History of Racism at UVM: The Vermont Paradox
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- Creator: McCrorey, H. Lawrence.
- Date Created: 2004-02-19
- Description: Larry McCrorey, professor emeritus of molecular physiology and biophysics and former dean of the School of Allied Health, was among the most vocal opponents of Kake Walk. He delivered this speech, “The History of Racism at UVM: the Vermont Paradox,” on Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in the McCrorey Gallery of Multicultural Art at the University of Vermont's Bailey/Howe Library.
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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- Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
- Date Created: 1863-09-28
- Description: Barney writes of sickness in the Regiment, and of six deaths, one of whom was shot by a negro soldier. He also writes of hiring a new negro servant, as his old servant had “too much white blood in him.”
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk
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- Creator: Loewen, James W.
- Date Created: 1991
- Description: At the time of this digital collection launch, this chapter is the only known scholarly piece on UVM's Kake Walk. James Loewen was a professor of sociology at the University of Vermont. This chapter was published in a book commemorating the university's bicentennial: Loewen, James. "Black Image in White Vermont: The Origin, Meaning, and Abolition of Kake Walk." The University of Vermont: The First Two Hundred Years. Sr. ed. Robert V. Daniels. Hanover, NH / University of Vermont : Distributed by University Press of New England / University of Vermont, 1991.
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
New Winter Carnival Press Release
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-10-31
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
Response to Discontinuation of Kake Walk
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-11-05
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
The Vermont Cynic
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-10-31
- Description: Includes the results of the student opinion poll on Kake Walk and announces the decision to replace Kake Walk with a film festival.
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
Results of the Kake Walk Opinion Poll
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-10-31
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
Justus F. Gale to Sister & Friends
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- Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
- Date Created: 1862-09-24
- Description: From Algiers, La topics include ill health of his mother and sister, the death of his brother Charley, how difficult it is to get a military discharge, Justus Gale’s negative opinion of the Blacks, his hope slavery is ended, and his hope that his sister and mother will become healthy again.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence
Part of: Vermonters in the Civil War
Response to Discontinuation of Kake Walk
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1069-10-30
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM
Kake Walk: A Troubled Memory Lane
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1977-10-27
- Description: Kimberly Honza's article in The Cynic discusses efforts to reinstate Kake Walk and the likelihood of doing so.
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Part of: Kake Walk at UVM