October 31, 1952 Racial Justice Conference Students from 35 colleges including Smith, Harvard, and Yale […]
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November 19, 1952 James Robinson Speaks for IS Day James Robinson, active member of the […]
February 16, 1953 School Segregation Panel held in Neilson Browsing Room Led by Mr. Leo […]
March 11-12, 1953 Social Scientist David Riesman speaks at Smith Noted social scientist and educator […]
March 16, 1953 Asian Students Newspaper Exchange On March 16th an article is published in […]
Summer, 1957 Smithies in Africa… somewhere In the summer of 1957 20 young women college […]
October 1, 1957 Sophian investigates Smithies’ opinions on Little Rock In the wake of president […]
October 7, 1957 Student Council suggests international guest nights On October 7th, Student Council met […]
October 10, 1957 Southern White Smithies clash with guest speaker Dr. Buell G. Gallagher on […]
October 21, 1957 Labor Secretary of the NAACP visits Smith On Monday, October 21st Herbert […]
October 24, 1957 Gloria Steinem ‘56 tells everyone about India in the Sophian Gloria Steinem, […]
October 31, 1957 Florence Mwangi, Smith’s first African student, is interviewed by the Sophian Florence […]
November 5, 1957 Representative Adam Clayton Powell gives talk titled “Where Do We Go From […]
November 14, 1957 Student Council declines to participate in anti-Apartheid Protest On November 14th, the […]
November 18, 1957 International Students call out U.S. Imperialism at UMass panel 8 Students, each […]
November 21, 1957 Sophian interviews Japanese student Haruko Uramatsu ‘61 Much in the same vein […]
December 10, 1957 Zulu Monarch King Edward Masinga visits campus King Edward Masinga, a Zulu […]
December 17, 1957 Mr. Neville Rubin, Vice President of the National Union of South African […]
February 11, 1958 Margaret Harrison ‘57, like Steinem, writes about her time in India Margaret […]
February 20, 1958 Sophian reports on the dissolution of the National Union of Algerian Students […]
February 20, 1958 Sophian reports on American students’ ignorance about India In the middle of […]
February 27, 1958 Smith Students write a Letter to the Editor on Koinonia, Georgia Koinonia […]
February 28, 1958 Benjamin Fine discusses Little Rock at Helen Hills Hills It was a […]
March 18, 1958 Meredith Martindale ‘58 shares her views on the “World Situation” On March […]
April 15, 1958 A course on the Middle East is added to the History Department […]