Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda While the first African-Americans were accepted during G. Tyler Miller’s presidency, it was Ronald E. Carrier, 4th president at Madison College, who truly raised the issue of diversity, and thus integration, to its current level of Continue reading Carrier’s Influence on Campus Diversity
Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda It is important to understand how significant a role Southern culture and history played on the campus of Madison College. Students took their history classes in Jackson Hall, named after the Confederate general “Stonewall” Jackson. Jackson Continue reading Ushering in the New Amid Celebrations of the Past
Post Author: Alexandra Kolleda On December 10, 1992, The Breeze, Madison’s student newspaper, announced that a former minor would be reconsidered for the next year’s course catalog. That minor, African-American studies, had originally been provided in 1980; however, it had faded away Continue reading But What About Class?
The integration of Madison College certainly did not go off without a hitch; however, it appears as if the Southern, Conservative culture was largely countered by a more Liberal, college environment historically geared towards educating women. This allowed integration to Continue reading Weighing the Facts
