WFU Student Activism

This subject guide is in progress – this page will be updated as materials are accessioned and processed.

Campus Protests and Student Activism

Early 20th Century

Howler Yearbooks (RG7.1)

Old Gold & Black

Audio Recordings: Reel-to-Reel (RG11.1)

Mac Bryan Papers

University Photograph Collection

Bill Stevens Interview

University Archives Photograph Digital Collection

University Archives Photograph Collection (RG10.1)

Vertical Files (RG15)

Wake Forest Magazine

Wake Forest Timeline

Mid 20th Century-1970

Wilson, E., Paschal, G., & Shaw, B. (2010). The history of Wake Forest University, vol. V, 1967-1983. The History of Wake Forest, Volume V, 1967-1983. Wake Forest University. Retrieved from https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/bitstream/handle/10339/58226/wf_history_v5_access.pdf.

Audio Recordings: Reel-to-Reel (RG11.1)

University Photograph Collection

Cold War

Vietnam – 1970 March for Peace

Lessons from a Time of Upheaval

OGB

Persian War

“Coeds’ Protests

Vertical Files

Women’s Dress code

Wake Forest Magazine

Wake Forest Timeline

1970-2000s

University Photograph Collection

Audio Recordings: Reel-to-Reel (RG11.1)

Dancing Ban

Documentary Film

Wake Forest Magazine

Vertical Files

Title IX

Women’s Athletics Director Records

Wake Forest Magazine

2000-Present

History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories (RG53.1), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

175th Anniversary Oral Histories

Wake Forest Magazine

Other Resources

Challenge Series. Student Organizations. Challenge Series Records (RG8.3)

Wake Forest University’s School of Law ‘Know Your Rights’ – Pro Bono Project that highlights resources and information to provide legal protection for interacting with law enforcement.
Wake Forest University Timeline
Title IX Homepage
Wake Forest Feminist Collective
Girl Up UN Foundation Wake Forest
Trailblaze (Students working together to challenge rape culture)
PREPARE (Policy Group on Rape Education, Prevention and Response)
Rape Aggression Defense (RAD)
Wake Forest University’s Women’s Center
Wake Forest University’s LGBTQ Center
Spectrum WFU (formerly the WFU Gay-Straight Alliance)
The Intercultural Center

Woolworth Sit-In

Civil Rights

Sit-In

Human Rights

Student Life

Dancing Ban

Coeds Protest

Women’s Dress Code