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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
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
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
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
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
William C. Holbrook to Frederick Holbrook
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- Creator: Holbrook, William Cune, 1842-1904.
- Date Created: 1862-07-29
- Description: Topics include returning to Baton Rouge and the comforts that came with this move, expresses his decided opinion on the ramifications of releasing “unlettered Negroes” (i.e. slaves), feels the blacks are well enough cared for in general, speaks against blacks as a possible fighting force, the treatment of the slaves who enter Union lines by the Union soldiers, feels politicians need to experience first hand the habits of black slaves of the south and not hold such lofty ideals, the attempted “cut off” of the Mississippi River by the Union, and the death of W. C. Holbrook’s grandfather.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William C. Holbrook Correspondence
Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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- Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
- Date Created: 1863-10-03
- Description: Topics include a visit to Norfolk, Virginia, where he met his brother, Lester (Rufus Lester Barney), his return to the Regiment by boat, and an aborted movement of the Regiment to Portsmouth, Virginia. He also mentions the large number of sick in the Regiment, the arrival of a colored regiment to help stand guard, though he doubts their capability, taking a horse back ride through the Negro regiment and Jewettville.
- Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence
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
Statement by President Rowell
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- Creator: Rowell, Lyman S.
- Date Created: 1969-10-31
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM
Response to October Issue of Commentary
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- Creator: University of Vermont
- Date Created: 1969-11-16
- Parent Collections: Kake Walk at UVM