Affirmative action – Madison in the 70s

Clash of Cultures: An Introduction to Integration at Madison

Posted on February 23, 2013 by mulroomm

Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda By the late 1960s, integration was becoming a major federal initiative. President Johnson’s Executive Order of 1965, spelling out Affirmative Action, mandated that no institution could discriminate based on “race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, Continue reading Clash of Cultures: An Introduction to Integration at Madison→

Mandated or Voluntary Integration?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by mulroomm

Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda The first African-Americans were accepted at Madison College in 1966, and when Carrier took office as president in 1971, he increased efforts to diversify the population on campus (Jones, 168). In 1973, an Affirmative Action plan Continue reading Mandated or Voluntary Integration?→