This is an essay chronicling the history of the black studies major at Grinnell College, with an emphasis on the reasons it had such a short career. It also provides an overview of the CBS (Concerned Black Students) Manifesto of 1971.
Edith Renfrow Smith received the Luminary Award in 2009 from the Chicago Senior Citizen Hall of Fame. This flier contains her photograph and biographical information.
Typescript containing information on the Lucas triplets and the Lucas family of Grinnell, Iowa. Includes many anecdotes on the life of Henry Lucas who was born into slavery in Virginia which was written by his son John Brown Lucas. The typescript contains part of an article that appeared in the Grinnell Herald on May 20, 1932, and additional information.