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An Annotated bibliography about race in Swarthmore.

"In the face of the painfulness of many of these stories, I keep in mind the hope that we can pull together as a community to do better.

See The Bibliography Introduction

Read about the genteel racism at Swarthmore’s local paper, the Swarthmorean in the Broad Street Review Stuck in the Genteel

See an article about the project in the Swarthmorean

An April 10, 2025 article inThe Phoenix by Billy Wu, Chelsea Weisenfeld, Irene Hill, Kayla Fink, and, Sofia Cerros-Lopez, “Swarthmore College’s Role in Displacing Black Communities” uses the database

Contact History Swarthmore.

The bibliography is not comprehensive. I intend to continue this work and welcome suggestions of other stories to research and add.