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Help and Hindrances in Higher Education How Various Universities Challenged OR Reinforced Jim Crow

Historically Black Colleges and Universities were established to address African American access to higher education. This history influenced their leadership in the broader struggle for civil and human rights. Prior to and during the height of segregation, many historically white institutions committed to upholding the existing racial order by barring African Americans.