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
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: Emily Kohl Harambee “Harambee” was an activism group for radical thinkers formed by Madison students. The word is Swahili for “people working together for the betterment of all.” Though not officially recognized by Madison College until the fall of 1970, Continue reading Radical Dukes
