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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sports Star]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University, University of Virginia, sports, men&#039;s basketball, African Americans, Harrisonburg, Ralph Sampson, Jr.]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Local basketball star, Ralph Sampson, Jr. (#50), played for the University of Virginia against James Madison University in this December game.  Sampson attended Harrisonburg High School and became the area’s premier sports legend, appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated six times in less than four years. He stood at an impressive 7’4” and after graduating from UVA went on to play for the NBA. Sampson briefly helped coach basketball at JMU in the early 1990s. He was inducted into both the Virginia Sports Hall of Face and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1982]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[sbam17.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Pushing Forward]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University, students, sports, women&#039;s basketball, African Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Donna Budd dribbles the basketball down the court during a game. The first female All-American at Madison College was Katherine Johnson who graduated in 1977. Johnson was later was inducted into the JMU Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1986]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[sbw1985+2.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Cheers!]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University, students, sports, cheerleading, African Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Co-captains of the cheerleading squad pose for a picture.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1983-84]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[sche103.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[School Ma&#039;am Play]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg, periodical, yearbook, blackface, stereotypes, racism]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An image from the 1917 issue of the School Ma’am yearbook demonstrates racial insensitivity on campus. With the caption, “A Dark Night at the Normal,” white students have donned ‘blackface.’ Blackface has been critiqued for contributing to the proliferation of African American stereotypes.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[State Normal School for Women at Harrisonburg]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Yearbook Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1917]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[96 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Schoolmaam - 1917b - Blackface Play.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[School Ma’am Cartoon]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[State Teachers College at Harrisonburg, periodical, yearbook, African Americans, stereotypes, racism]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A cartoon depiction, titled “The Doors of the Dorms,” utilized racial language and a negative portrayal of university black employees. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[State Teachers College at Harrisonburg]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Yearbook Collection]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1928]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[96 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[Schoolmaam - 1928 - Racist Cartoon.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Game Time]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University, students, African Americans, sports, football]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Bryan Moore is playing football here for the James Madison Dukes.  The campus football team was established 8 years prior, in 1972. During Moore’s stint at JMU, the university made the jump from the NCAA Division III to the NCAA Division I-AA. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1980]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[sfoo08.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Slave Poem]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Rockingham County African Americans, slaves]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This item is a 19th Century poem about slavery, written by an unknown author, presumably a slave themselves. The writer recounts the life of a slave in Tenth Legion, an area in northern Rockingham County, that they describe as “a braggy place, where none’s to be a king.” Included in the poem are evocative stanzas that demonstrate the hardships seen by area slaves.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Unknown Author]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Henkel Family Papers, SC#2065]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ca. 1800s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[600 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[SlavePoem JPG.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Soaking up the Sun]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University, students, African Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Used for a black recruitment brochure, a JMU student poses for a picture reading The Breeze on the Quad. The Quad has often been a location where many JMU students and even Harrisonburg residents take the opportunity to enjoy the weather on a warm day. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ca. 1980s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[staf01.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Show Time]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University, students, African Americans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Music and performing have always been vital in the community. Here, a JMU student belts out a song on stage complete with backup dancers.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ca. 1970s-80s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[staf02.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Let There be Music]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[James Madison University Students, African Americans, Student Organizations]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Male and female students in the JMU Black Choir walk and sing together. The choir, and other African American organizations on campus, worked together to create a support system of sorts for minority students adjusting to life on campus. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[JMU Photographic Services]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[JMU Historic Photographs]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[ca. 1980s]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[For information on publishing or citation of an item in a non-educational, fair use context, please contact Special Collections.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[300 dpi jpg]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[staf04.jpg]]></dcterms:identifier>
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