MSUM panel features first students recruited into Project E-Quality
Thursday, Nov. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage | Exhibit on display through Nov. 9
A Project E-Quality exhibit remains on display at MSU Moorhead through Nov. 9 in the inner lobby of the Gaede Stage in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Building. A finale to the exhibition is a panel discussion featuring former Project E-Quality students on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gaede Stage. A reception precedes the talk at 6:30 p.m.
Minnesota State College (MSC, now MSUM) launched Project E-Quality in 1968 in response to the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Under the leadership of MSC President John J. Neumaier (1959-1968), a committed civil rights movement supporter, 50 students were recruited to the program: 35 African Americans, eight Native Americans, and seven Mexican Americans. The panel discussants are among the first students recruited into the program.
Students in Dr. Yolanda Arauza’s spring 2023 senior seminar class sifted through collections of archival resources, conducted oral history interviews, curated photos and artifacts, and assembled an exhibit to document the under-reported story of Project E-Quality. As lead investigator, Arauza was essential in pioneering and guiding this process. This collective effort fills historical gaps concerning the Native American and Mexican American participants while simultaneously amplifying the experiences of the African American students.
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