When Admission Is Not Enough: Integrating Emory University, 1969-1989 Open Access

Abstract

This thesis explores how administrators at Emory, a predominantly white private institution in Atlanta, Georgia, responded to black student demands and began acknowledging the necessity of black enrollment from 1969-1989. The Emory Office of Admission enrolled sixteen black students (2.4 percent) in the first year class of 1969. In response to university neglect, black students at Emory formed the Black Student Alliance (BSA) and in March 1969, sent forth a series of demands to President Sanford S. Atwood. I chart how the Office of Admission and administrators attempted to address low black enrollment as well as the black student response for the twenty years following 1969.

Table of Contents

Introduction................................................................................................1

Chapter One: "Why Were We Invited Here?":

Emory Black Students Demand Integration.......................................................9

May 1968-August 1969..................................................................................9

September 1969-May 1971...........................................................................23

June 1971-May 1977...................................................................................28

Chapter Two: "Are We Doing All that We Reasonably Can?":

President Laney and the President's Commission on the Status of Minorities.........35

June 1977-May 1981...................................................................................35

June 1981-December 1985...........................................................................52

January 1986-June 1989...............................................................................61

Conclusion.................................................................................................69

Bibliography...............................................................................................75

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School	Emory College
Department	History
Degree	BA
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	African American Studies History, General Education, Higher
Keyword	Black Student Protests Affirmative Action Admissions Emory University Higher Education Integration
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Gadsden, Brett, Emory University
Committee Members	Anderson, Carol , Emory University Goldstein, Eric L, Emory University

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