A Culture of Bigotry

Life at UW–Madison was challenging for early marginalized students. Unlike the bustling social calendar of our current campus, opportunities to connect with peers were limited in the university’s first decades. Nonwhite students were intentionally excluded from the most well-attended events on campus, like prom. Other popular campus clubs organized and promoted activities that centered racist entertainment like minstrelsy. University leaders condoned this behavior.

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A page from the Wisconsin Alumni Magazine with a black and white portrait of G. James Fleming wearing a suit above and an article about him.

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Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority members seated for a group photo.
Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority members in the 1924 Badger yearbook, UW–Madison Archives.

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Colorized postcard featuring an illustration of Lake Mendota, the boat house, and the "Red Gym."
A postcard featuring a color illustration of the south shore of Lake Mendota, including the boat house and Armory. ca. 1890s
Green flyer with the words “Gay Liberation Loves You Very Much” advertises the weekly events for the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality.
Flyer advertising a weekly gay liberation event, UW–Madison Archives.
A page from the Wisconsin Alumni Magazine with a black and white portrait of G. James Fleming wearing a suit above and an article about him.
In the April 1949 Wisconsin Alumni Magazine Fleming was celebrated for his role as the secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. He was mistakenly listed as being a member of the Delta Sigma Rho fraternity which rejected his membership based on race. UW–Madison Archives.

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Colorized postcard featuring an illustration of Lake Mendota, the boat house, and the "Red Gym."
A postcard featuring a color illustration of the south shore of Lake Mendota, including the boat house and Armory. ca. 1890s

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A one-color flyer, deep red, reads "Red Power" along with the dates and information for a pow wow. A native tribe member is pictured holding a rifle
Flyer advertising a pow-wow hosted by the Coalition of Native Tribes for Red Power, the group that was instrumental in the founding of the American Indian Studies program, Wisconsin Historical Society, WHI Image #50109.
A brief typewritten memo from UW–Madison Chancellor Edwin Young regarding a committee meeting on American Indian studies.
A memo from UW–Madison Chancellor Edwin Yound dated June 16, 1971 regarding a report from an ad hoc university committee on American Indian studies, UW–Madison Archives.

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Portrait of William F. Terrazas. He is pictured wearing a suit and tie.
William F. Terrazas pictured in the 1906 Badger yearbook, UW–Madison Archives.
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Raimey pictured in the 1919 Badger yearbook, UW–Madison Archives.
Ku Klux Klan members seated for their 1924 Badger yearbook photo.
Members of the UW–Madison Ku Klux Klan in the 1924 Badger yearbook, UW–Madison Archives.

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