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ERIC Number: EJ492346
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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The Blacks Who First Entered the World of White Higher Education.
Slater, Robert Bruce
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n4 p47-56 Sum 1994
Traces the histories of the first black alumni of top-tier universities. Early leaders in the admission of black students were Amherst, Boudoin, Middlebury, and Oberlin. Lagging behind were many southern schools, which did not admit blacks until the 1950s and 1960s. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, College Desegregation, College Graduates, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Integration Readiness, Tokenism
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; United States; White Colleges