Papers, 1946-1966.

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Papers, 1946-1966.

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The file comprises statements, newspaper accounts and correspondence, reflecting the controversy that surrounded the Wiggins Case. Issues of race, academic freedom, conservative political climate, Legislative interference in University matters, and accusations of poor newspaper reporting can be traced in this file.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Wiggins, Forrest Oran, 1907-

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Forrest Wiggins was born in Vincennes, Indiana. He graduated from Butler University (B.A., 1928), and from the University of Wisconsin (Masters, 1931; Ph. D., 1938), with postgraduate work in from the Alliance FranƯaise in Paris, 1928-29. After teaching at several colleges, he was hired by the University of Minnesota in 1946 in the Philosophy Dept., and was the first African-American to have a regular full time instructorship at a state university. In 1951, Wiggins was denied tenure by the dean ...