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Douglass Firsts: Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons
![Quair 1949 yearbook p. 79 Evelyn Sermons senior photo.jpg Quair 1949 yearbook p. 79 Evelyn Sermons senior photo.jpg](https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/e16c3d959c7ece220296717dc5c29aae.jpg)
Douglass College was founded in 1918 and was originally known as the New Jersey College for Women (NJC). Although NJC admitted a handful of black students beginning in 1934, the college's residence halls were segregated. Black women had to live off-campus and commute to school until Emma Andrews and Evelyn Sermons desegregated the dorms in 1946. This exhibit highlights the key players in the desegregation of NJC’s residence halls, black women's campus experiences, and the impact of this pivotal moment in NJC’s history.
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Ku Klux Klan in New Brunswick
![Birth of a Nation Ad - New Brunswick Times 1916-03-04 p. 2.png Birth of a Nation Ad - New Brunswick Times 1916-03-04 p. 2.png](https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/b7ba52900a70245f23a51b0e9eefec28.jpg)
This exhibit traces the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in New Brunswick in the 1920s during what’s known as...