The Rollins College Interracial Committee was a student-run organization at Rollins College with the aim of improving race relations, acting mainly through service projects for the African-American community throughout central Florida. The committee was founded in the mid-1930s. It was renamed to the “Rollins College Race Relations Committee” in 1945. It was renamed to the “Rollins Inter-Faith and Race Relations Committee” between the years 1949 and 1950. Notably, Fred Rodgers, later famous for his role on Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood, served as president during the 1950-1951 school year. The committee was disbanded between 1956 and 1960.
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