Record #:

6719

Author(s):

Murray, Arthur O.

Abstract:

There are two historically black, women's colleges in the United States -– Spelman, in Atlanta, and Bennett, in Greensboro. Johnnetta Cole has been president of both. She revived Spelman and has, since coming to Bennett in 2002, brought the school back from the brink of bankruptcy. Cole is profiled in this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA article.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 6, June 2004, p56-60, 62-65, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cole, Johnnetta, 1936-; African American women college administrators--Greensboro; Bennett College (Greensboro)

Record #:

14106

Author(s):

Miller, Eugene

Abstract:

Bennett College, in Greensboro has established a remarkable record in educational work among Negro girls of this and many other states, as well as foreign countries.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 8, July 1949, p8-9, f

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); African American universities and colleges

Record #:

24777

Author(s):

Williams, Allison

Abstract:

Rosalind Fuse-Hall, president of Bennett College in Greensboro discusses the importance of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU). Although many HBCUs struggle with decreasing enrollment, their rich history and traditions are vital to the world of higher education.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 2016, p30-33, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Guilford County--Social life and customs; Education, Higher; Bennett College (Greensboro); African American universities and colleges

Record #:

36618

Author(s):

Brown, Linda Beatrice

Abstract:

The author tells of the Bennett College women who joined in the Woolworth Lunch counter sit-ins and continued to picket and march for equality. Dr. Esther Terry, who had taken part in the movement said “Bennett taught me that a meaningful education came with a responsibility, not only to recognize injustice, but to act against it.’

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 53 Issue No. 2, , p4-6, il

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); Greensboro Sit-in 1960; North Carolina--Civil Rights Movement

Record #:

40702

Author(s):

Sanders, Crystal R.

Abstract:

Playing as influential a role as many better-known Civil Rights Movement leaders, Bennett’s president inspired its students to fight for social justice. She encouraged students to participate in protests, inspired by the 1960 Woolworth’s sit in, and initiate blacks to become more politically involved, by registering to vote.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 1, January 2019, p1-33 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); Player, Willa B., 1909-2003; Historically black colleges and universities--North Carolina--Bennett College ; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Civil rights movement--Activists; Civil Rights Movement--activists--black women; Civil Rights demonstrations--black female college students; Southern black women activists educators--Willa Player ; Black female college presidents--Willa Player; Migration--blacks--Northern states; Civil Rights Movement--1960s--Jim Crow Laws; Sanford, James Terry, 1917-1998

Record #:

41188

Author(s):

Ethridge, Emily

Abstract:

This is a companion article to Emma Way’s “Who Rules this City,” also featured in this issue. In her article, Ethridge expounds on the political influence that women such as Vi Lyles have had on Charlotte’s past and present history.

Source:

Charlotte Magazine (NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 24 Issue 2, February 2019 , p42-45 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--politicians--women; Politics--North Carolina--women--"pink wave" ; Levine Museum (Charlotte) ; Bennett College (Greensboro); Inventors--Charlotte--Beulah Louise Henry ; Politicians--women--Vi Lyles; Levine Museum--see also Levine Museum of the New South; Politicians--North Carolina--black women; Historically black women's colleges--North Carolina--Bennett College

Record #:

41244

Author(s):

Favors, Jelani M.

Abstract:

The Civil Rights movement’s seeds were planted decades earlier and in historically black colleges such as Bennett. Here, Bennett Belles were inspired by campus leaders like David Dallas Jones as much as nationwide leaders like Vernon Johns. Education and race consciousness fortified them to help instill equality through campus and community activism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 96 Issue 3, July 2019 , p391-430 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bennett College (Greensboro); Bennett College--Bennett Belles--Civil Rights Movement ; Historically black colleges and universities--North Carolina--Bennett College ; Bennett College--black presidents--Charles Grandison; Progressive reform--Higher education--Women; Progressive reform--Higher education--African Americans ; Civil Rights demonstrations--black female college students; Greensboro; Higher education--North Carolina--African American women; Black radicalism--Higher education--Bennett College ; Bennett College--black presidents--David Dallas Jones; BENNETT BANNER (college newspaper); North Carolina Central University--see also North Carolina College for Negroes ; Baker, Ella; Segregation--Jim Crow laws