University of Michigan Heritage Project

Madelon’s World

U-M's first woman came to campus alone, and lived much of her life the same way.

Memory ... does not reveal a time when I did not long to attend at some time our state university.

– Madelon Stockwell

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“The Dignity of Man”

^“All of us will have to change our way of thinking much more drastically than we have had in the past.^”
– Paul B. Cornely

Dr. Paul Cornely devoted his career to improving health care for African Americans.
The First Teach-In

^“The American people were silently, disinterestedly accepting this eerie atrocity.^”
– Jack Rothman, professor of social work

The Vietnam Teach-In of 1965 signaled times to come, when faculty would step out from behind the lectern to declare war on the social and political status quo.
Invitation to a Nazi

^“Should he be allowed to use a University facility to shout his diatribe?^”
– U-M student Lloyd Graff

George Lincoln Rockwell’s appearance at Michigan became a classic battle in microcosm over the proper role of the First Amendment on a college campus.

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