policies designed to eliminate discrimination among applicants, remedy the results of prior discrimination, and prevent discrimination in the future
Affirmative Action
MLK
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
seperate but equal
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
the amount of students in the first TD class (that got admitted in the fall)
13
1st Black President
Barack Obama
What does HBCU stand for?
Malcolm X
Nation of Islam (NOI)
Legislation that provided benefits, mainly financial aid, to assist low-income American veterans
The GI Bill
6
1st Black Independent Nation!
Haiti
professional orgs or private foundations who work with the gov't “to establish and modify standards for entrance into majors and the professions"
Credential Cartels
The students who protested the Malcolm X quote
Black Student Leadership Group (BSLG)
The 13th amendment "freed" enslaved people in 1863, but it was not until this day in 1865 that all were free
Juneteenth
the # of demands the BSLG had in 1992 after the Rodney King incident and other campus incidents
14
1st Black Vice President
Kamala Harris
colleges in the US designated to receive federal-state support under the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
Land Grant Universities
The students who protested the URI newspaper cartoon
Brother United for Action (BUA)
After Alston v School Board of Norfolk, Southern states used this exam to justify unequal pay for Black teachers
The Praxis Exam
the weekly stipend students got in the first TD summer (in 1968 $$)
$25
The athlete who broke the color barrier in the MLB
Jackie Robinson
A hidden form of policy retrenchment, in response to the success of college expansion for students of underrepresented groups
Layering
The students who protested racial segregation on Greyhound busses
Freedom Riders
This SC case allowed race to be used as a factor for college admission
California v Bakke (1978)
The # of students from the Afro-American Society who took over the Carlotti Bldg in 1971
35
1st Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall