BOSS/BOBW records 1969-1999.

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BOSS/BOBW records 1969-1999.

Constitutions, mission statesments, correspondence, lists, fliers, and clippings related to the founding of the organization and its activities.

.5 linear ft. (1 box).

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Barnard College. Black Organization of Soul Sisters (BOSS)

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In October, 1968, African-American women at Barnard formed the Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters (BOSS) in order to address issues of discrimination in housing, faculty hires and to advocate for an inter-departmental major related to African-American studies. Lemoine Callendar, Assistant to the Dean of Faculty and Director of Human Resources was their liason with the administration. In 1969, the group was granted a meeting space in Reid Hall, renamed the Zora Neal Hurston Lounge in 1982. An A...

Barnard College

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Barnard College was given its first provisional charter by the Regents of the State of New York on Aug. 8, 1889. From the description of Barnard College charters and statutes, 1934-1988. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 275960020 Junior Month was a summer project in sociological theory and practice founded in 1917 and supervised by the Charity Organization Society of New York City. In a one month period juniors from twelve eastern colleges a...

Barnard College. Barnard Organization of Black Women (BOBW)

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