Black Alumni Groups Spurred to Action by Supreme Court's Desegregation Decision.

Mercer, Joye

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ERIC Number: EJ451779

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Black Alumni Groups Spurred to Action by Supreme Court's Desegregation Decision.

Mercer, Joye

Chronicle of Higher Education, v39 n6 pA25-26 Sep 30 1992

A recent Supreme Court ruling that Mississippi's colleges are segregated and should consider mergers of predominantly white and historically black colleges has put pressure on black college alumni groups to help keep their institutions alive as an educational option. The Black College Alumni Leadership Consortium is establishing a political action committee. (MSE)

Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Black Colleges, College Desegregation, Consortia, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Higher Education, Institutional Survival, Lobbying, Mergers, Politics of Education

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Language: English

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