Katharine Pierce Pierce, Katharine interviewee Bailey, Bernicetine McLeod interviewer mixed material 2012-05-25 eng On the occasion of her 50th reunion, Katharine Pierce looks back on the highlights of her time at Pembroke. She begins by explaining her expectations for Pembroke and the finishing school for Episcopal girls that she found in its stead. Pierce talks about dorm life; her dissatisfaction with that atmosphere; her time pursuing social work as well as her work resettling refugees in Vietnam at the National Council of Churches. She then shifts into discussing a more recent endeavor; the rediscovery of Malcom X's recorded speech at Brown. She delves into the tale of the tape's inception; her research on Black Muslims; her involvement with the BDH; the national press that she has encountered since the tape's discovery. She ends by expressing her gratitude to the student, Malcom Burnley, who discovered the tapes, for the tremendous fun of looking back at all of these old papers and realizing that what was done so long ago, has become relevant. Finally, she reflects on the changes she sees at Brown and her 50th reunion, overall. 1963 Katharine Pierce grew up in New Haven, CT, and she attended the coeducational, Quaker George School. She graduated from Pembroke in 1962, with degrees in anthropology and sociology, as well as a deep interest in religion. After graduation, Pierce intermittently took on social work positions at Yale University and traveled to Vietnam to help resettle refugees. For the past twenty years, her career has taken a different turn, as she now works as a private consultant designing computer training programs. 1960s Academics Activism Administration Brown Daily Herald Deans Dormitories Employment Gender expectations Minority students Pembroke Record Presidents of Brown University Race relations Religion Vietnam War oral histories (literary works)