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1 Equal Protection of the Laws in Public Higher Education iii (1960)

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          EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS IN
             PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION, 1960

                        CONTENTS
                                                               Page
Letter of Transmittal -------------------------------------------- ix
Acknowledgments -----------------------------------------------   x
Introduction --------------------------------------------------   i

   PART I. SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN
            THE  SOUTHERN STATES BEFORE 1954 ------------         1

 Chapter 1. The Origin and Development of Segregated Colleges --------  2

           Education for Negroes in the Pre-Civil War Period ---------  2
           The Era of Reconstruction------------------------------ 3
           The Establishment of Publicly Controlled Colleges for Negroes-  5
           The Legal Basis of Racial Segregation in Southern Colleges_  9

 Chapter 2. The Separate but Equal Doctrine and Its Evolution ------  12

           The Rule of the Plessy Case -----------------------------  12
           Separate but Unequal--------------------------------  13
           Tuition Grants and the First Challenges to Segregation 14
           Equality Requires Educational Opportunity Within the
             State --------------------------------------------  17
           Equality Will Brook No Delay -------------------------- 23
           The Southern Regional Education Compact --------------- 26
           The Quality of Equality -------------------------------- 28
           Equality of Treatment After Admission------------------- 33
           Separate Undergraduate Colleges: Convenience and Cost as
             Factors in Equality--------------------------------- 37

   PART II. THE PRESENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE EQUAL
             PROTECTION CLAUSE IN PUBLIC HIGHER
             EDUCATION -------------------------------------     41

  PART III. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES
             FROM   1954 TO 1960 -------------------------------     49

 Chapter 1. Voluntary and Nonvoluntary Compliance in Southern and
             Border States -------------------------------------- 50

           The Border States ------------------------------------50
           Official Action in Response to the School Segregation Cases  51
           The Opening of White Colleges to Negro Students ----------  52
           Desegregation in Reverse------------------------------- 55
           The Token Compliance States-------------------------- 56
           The Limited Compliance States-------------------------- 59

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