May 3, 1989
Thirty white community members receive identical hate notes
After 68 percent of the student body voted in favor of the cultural organization demands, thirty white students, faculty, and staff members received identical anti-white hate notes.
The special Sophian edition “Racial Tension at Smith” from May 4th, 1989 can be found here (1, 2, 3, 4).
A Union-News (Springfield) article on the notes can be found here.
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