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AbstractWallace Ford attended Dartmouth from 1966-1970. He recounts fond memories of living in Japan and Puerto Rico as child and completed part of his education overseas. Excelling academically, Wallace entered Dartmouth at sixteen-years old, an age that made him the youngest of his class. He led the Afro-American Society and authored articles for The Dartmouth. Ford emphasizes the camaraderie that formed between Black upperclassmen and underclassmen, and the importance of Black brotherhood. He recalls students’ efforts for institutional change to create space and opportunities for Black students, professors, and alumni. Mr. Ford protested the second visit of segregationist governor George Wallace to campus in 1967, which received national attention and heated letters from alums. A senior fellow, Wallace is one of the first Black students to give a commencement speech at Dartmouth. Towards the end of the interview, Mr. Ford speaks of the inspiration that led him to attend Harvard Law School and of his transition into teaching. Since leaving the college, he's joined the faculty of the Department of Public Administration in the School of Business at Medgar Evers College in the City University of New York.
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Monica Hargrove discusses her upbringing in Georgia and her family's emphasis on education. She also discusses her experiences at Dartmouth in the early years of coeducation, including her contributions to the Redding Report on Institutional Racism (Hargrove was a co-author) and her career.
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Michael Lewis discusses his decision to come to Dartmouth, the wide range of activities he engaged in, and the experiences of Black students in fraternities. He also recounts his time in the Foreign Service and some of the major cases he worked on during his long career as a mediator.
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Woody Lee discusses his family history and decision to come to Dartmouth. He recounts his relationships with other Black students, including former Vice Lords members who participated in the Foundation Years Program. He also recalls the founding meeting of the Afro-American Society.
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Ife Landsmark recounts her upbringing in New York City and her intellectual and social life at Dartmouth. She also discusses her career as a clinical psychologist.
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James Hutchinson discusses his experiences at Dartmouth College and groundbreaking career in broadcasting.
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Ronald Copeland describes his experiences as a Dartmouth student and participation in the Afro-American Society. He also recounts conversations with artist Florian Jenkins who painted the mural in El Hajj Malik El Shabazz Center and asked Copeland to serve as a model for Malcolm X.
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Ricki Fairley describes her childhood in Silver Spring, MD, her transition to Dartmouth in the early years of coeducation, and the varieties of activism and community-building she encountered among Black students. She also touches on her father's and her own children's experiences at Dartmouth.
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Eileen Cave discusses her experience of the early years of co-education at Dartmouth, her career as an artist, and the significance of Black student organizations, such as the Afro-American Society (AAM) and the Black Alumni of Dartmouth Association (BADA).
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Tyrone Byrd was interviewed by Stefan Bradley in front of an audience of Dartmouth students in fall 2021. He discusses growing up in Texas and the diversity of Black students he met upon his arrival at Dartmouth College, including former members of the Vice Lords. He discusses some of the highlights of his years at Dartmouth, including playing football for a championship team and participating in an academic exchange program at Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone.
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Willie Bogan '71 recounts his decision to come to Dartmouth after being actively recruited by multiple universities. He also discusses the significance of the Afro-American Society, as well as Black students' protest against William Shockley, a physicist who espoused theories of Black inferiority. Bogan also recalls his own academic and social life.
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Robert Bennett ’69 recalls growing up in Columbus, Georgia and Chicago, Illinois. He discusses his experiences at Dartmouth including intellectual life, the racial dynamics of the student body, and his role in the student protest of George Wallace, the segregationist governor of Alabama, during his visit in 1967. Bennett describes hitchhiking through Europe and North Africa in the late 1960s. Bennett also discusses his anti-apartheid activism and his career as an attorney, including his international consulting work with the African National Congress (ANC) and other entities.
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Nelson Armstrong recalls his childhood in Newport News, VA and his experiences attending Dartmouth, including playing football, participating in the Afro-American Society, and working with the Tucker Foundation on a critical effort to recruit Black students to Dartmouth. Armstrong launched his post-graduate career at Dartmouth, giving him long-term insight into the institution from the perspective of a student and a staff member.
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Peter D. Barber. Class of 1966. Oral history interview for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. Barber discusses his childhood living on the Main Line outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He discusses his father, a Dartmouth alum and his involvement in sports prior to his time at Dartmouth. Barber describes his participation with athletics at Dartmouth. He shares stories about his time on the soccer, baseball and basketball teams. Barber describes his relationship with Alden H. “Whitey” Burnham, an influential coach of his. Barber discusses how he struggled with academics and details his relationship with William “Bill” Smoyer, Class of 1967. Barber discusses his marriage four days after graduation and his time spent in graduate school at University of Pennsylvania School of Education. He describes how he had planned to continue on to a PhD program but was drafted instead. Barber describes being sent to Fort Dix and Fort Carson for training. He describes his experience in Vietnam and emphasizes that “everyone’s war is different.” He explains how a mortar round exploded on his unit and how he became permanently injured. Barber describes how his severed spinal cord impacted his life and his feelings about the Vietnam War. Barber shares how he left Vietnam and his experience with the Veterans Affairs hospital in Massachusetts. Barber discusses his depression immediately following his return home. He describes how he and his wife moved to California after he was released from the hospital. Barber explains his participation in antiwar protests with Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He explains how he began working for the Social Security Administration. He shares an account about an antiwar event he participated in with John Kerry and Alan Cranston at Stanford University. Barber mentions his article “Life Support” he wrote in the July-August 2015 Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/life-support