Describes a plan to end Mississippi's 26-year-old college desegregation case, which is hailed by government officials but criticized by others, who say it fails to improve access to college for black students. (EV)

The author of this speech discusses racial dualism in higher education in the American South. The states of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana have all had suits brought against them for maintaining separate and unequal institutions for blacks and whites. In all three states, the vast proportion of funds allocated for higher education have been…