Title

Inez Specking's Martha Jane at College, 1926 (excerpts)

Creator

Fontbonne College

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Artifact Date

1926

Creation Date

November 2019

Description

Written in 1925, this book is specifically about a student at Fontbonne. These excerpts show explicitly the racial divide, not only in the St. Louis area but racist attitudes towards people of color at Fontbonne University at the time:

'But when it comes to living with them and—and actually touching them'. Martha straightened in scorn" (90).

This is a direct example of how African-Americans at the time were explicitly looked upon as lesser.