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Download full textRendon, Laura I. – 1980
Literature and congressional testimony are reviewed in this examination of the political and social dimensions surrounding the passage of Title III (Higher Education Act of 1965) and its subsequent interpretation through the 1970's. The report first examines the intent of the bill, which was designed to provide financial assistance to developing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Civil Rights, Definitions
Smith, Gerald L. – 1994
This book reviews the career of Rufus Ballard Atwood, who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1929 to 1962. The book describes how he was often chosen by whites to represent the African American community on boards and commissions and how these appointments gave him access to the state's political and educational power structure.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black Institutions
Peer reviewedCassimere, Ralph, Jr. – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Discusses the resistance of both Blacks and Whites to the federally mandated integration of the Louisiana State University system and an end to its "separate but equal" policies. Emphasizes the role of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black History
