The context for financial aid policy affecting black doctoral students in Oklahoma and Florida was studied using the case study method. Attention was focused on environmental and organizational variables affecting the implementation of financial aid policy. Historical patterns surrounding race relations in both states before the 1973 "Adams" decision were reviewed. The decision established criteria for desegregating state systems of public higher education. The analysis considered political factors (e.g., electoral trends); demographic factors (e.g., population composition and concentration), economic factors (e.g., median income, unemployment rate); and educational resources (e.g., size and diversity of students, administrators, faculty, and board members and the presence/absence of campus-based affirmative action programs. The methodology consisted of unstructured interviews and examination of the states' approved "Adams" plan, annual reports, and other publications. Using the policy system model, attention was directed to policy-relevant environment factors, policy statements, policy actions, and policy outcome variables. Data are provided on: graduate student enrollments, 1977-1983; doctoral degrees conferred; and political, economic, and demographic trends. The interview schedule is included. (SW)