African Americans at MSU Archives & Historical Collections: Other Archives/Libraries

Books Available to Check Out/View

Adams, W. (1971). The test. Macmillan. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b2329047~S39a

Daugherty, D. and Diles, D. (1974). Duffy: An autobiography. Doubleday & Company, Inc. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b1359465~S39a

Frye, D. (2017). The African American presence at MSU: Pioneers, groundbreakers, and leaders. In E. Busch, et al. (eds.), Tales from the archives - volume one: Campus and traditions (pp. 131-137). Michigan State University. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b12491594~S39a

Green, R. L. (2015). At the crossroads of fear and freedom: The fight for social and educational justice. Michigan State University Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11746965~S39a. Also available online.

Kuhn, M. (1955). Michigan State: The first hundred years, 1855-1955. Michigan State University Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b2419454~S39a

Noverr, D. A. (2015). Michigan State University: The rise of a research university and the new millennium, 1970-2005. Michigan State University Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11725963~S39a

Shanahan, T. (2014). Raye of light: Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the integration of college football, and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans. August Publications. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b10617052~S39a                                  

Thomas, D. A. (2008). Michigan State College: John Hannah and the creation of a world university, 1926-1969. Michigan State University Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b5653439~S39a

Wharton, Jr., C. R., (2015). Privilege & prejudice: The life of a Black pioneer, Michigan State University Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11338714~S39a

Wharton, D. (2019). A multicultured life: From the little red school house to halls of academe and corporate board rooms. Doeclif Publishing. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13456447~S39a

Widder, K. (2005). Michigan Agricultural College: The evolution of a land-grant philosophy, 1855-1925. Michigan State University Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b4740659~S39a

Williams, G. B. (1970). Look not upon me because I am Black. Carlton Press. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b3894299~S39a

Theses/Dissertations

MSU Related

Coleman, D. E. (1971). The status of the Black student aide program and the Black student movement at Michigan State University. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University] MSU Libraries Digital Repository. https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/M52826

Jackson, P. R. (1972). Self-conceptions in Black male and female college students. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University] MSU Libraries Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.25335/M5NC5SR20

Johnson, J. T. J. (1976). Affirmative action employment programs: how Blacks employed at Michigan State University and Vocational Rehabilitation Services understand the program and perceive it as affecting their careers. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. MSU Libraries Digital Repository. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b10276893~S39a

Kinsey, M. (1972). Financial assistance as a significant factor in the educational survival of selected Black students at Michigan State University. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. MSU Libraries Digital Repository. https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/M5VC10

Palmer, D. A. (1976). Student perceptions of residence hall environment at Michigan State University. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. MSU Libraries Digital Repository.  https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/M5G250

Smith, J. M. (2004). Black power in green and white: Integration and Black protest in Michigan State University football, 1947-1972. [Master’s thesis, Western Michigan University]. ScholarWorks@WMU.  https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3357/ 

Smith, M. A. L. (2012). A History of Black women faculty at Michigan State University, 1968-2009. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. MSU Libraries Digital Repository. https://doi.org/doi:10.25335/M52X9D

White, K. E. (1972). Student activism at Michigan State University during the decade of the 1960's. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. ProQuest.   http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7298786~S24a

Winston, E. V. A. (1973). Black student activism at Michigan State University, September 1967 to June 30, 1972: the university’s response. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. ProQuest. http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b9766194~S24a

Local history

Brunson, R. T. (1955). A study of the migrant Negro population in Lansing, Michigan, during and since World War II. [Master’s thesis, Michigan State University]. MSU Libraries Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.25335/M57659F0R

Dennis, B. G. (1964). The level of formal and informal integration of Negroes in the external community of Lansing, Michigan. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. MSU Libraries Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.25335/M5SF2MS82

Meyer, D. K. (1970). The changing Negro residential patterns in Lansing, Michigan, 1850-1969. [Doctoral thesis, Michigan State University]. ProQuest.  http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b7298727~S39a