This article describes President MacCracken and faculty members of Vassar looking into “problems of the Negro residents of Dutchess county.” It is not clear what these issues are, but it is fascinating that the Vassar community is involved in solving these issues, especially since MacCracken and most likely all of the faculty members, were white.
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Vassar Profs Aid Probe on NY Negro
The Pittsburgh Courier (1911-1950);
Dec 3, 1938; ProQuest
pg. 5
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Dec. 1—(ANP)—Actively supported by Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, president of Vassar College, and prominent faculty members of that noted liberal institution, the investigation of the problems of the Negro residents of Dutchess county was being pushed here this week by the New York State Temporary commission on the Condition of the Urban Colored Population.
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