Panel Considers Black Students, White Colleges

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Title

Panel Considers Black Students, White Colleges

Subject

Wilbert LeMelle (of the Ford Foundation) sat down for a panel with Middlebury to discuss the issues facing black students at Middlebury; some of the notable points brought up were regarding the lack of socioeconomic diversity among the black students admitted (majority of those admitted were well off) and the lack an equal support post-graduation (in regards to networking, recommendations, and job opportunities).

Description

Volume 65, Number 18

Creator

Astrid Varteressian

Publisher

The Campus

Date

3/19/1970

Contributor

Astrid Varteressian
Wilbert Lemelle

Coverage

"Administrators now aim, he (LeMelle) said, to only for admission of a token number of black students drawn from the elite black community. This practice he maintained only reinforces a vicious class consciousness within the black community and drives a wedge between the elite and the excluded."

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1970

Citation

Astrid Varteressian, “Panel Considers Black Students, White Colleges,” Archives of Anti-Racist Activism, accessed October 27, 2026, https://twilightprojectantiracistrecords.middcreate.net/items/show/226.

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