Word: tougaloo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Caroline G. Balderston '66 urged that RGA pass a resolution protesting a Mississippi bill to revoke the charter of Tougaloo, a predominantly Negro college long active in civil rights. "Integration is a moral, not a political, issue," she said...
...question arose out of a discussion, begun last week, on a resoltion protesting a bill in the Mississippi legislature which would revoke the charter of Tougaloo College. A predominantly Negro school active in the integration movement, Touglaoo is being charged with "Communist infiltration"; if the charter is revoked, the college would no longer be permitted to grant degrees...
...factions--about equal in strength and determination -- battled for about an hour on the general issue of political involvement, until Anne Michelich '66 moved that the RGA write to Tougaloo and the Mississippi State Legislature requesting information concerning the proposed charter revocation...
...students plan to teach, obtain study grants for Tougaloo faculty members, and possibly do research to help underprivileged residents of the area...
This year, the program will be held only at Tougaloo and only during the summer session, but the Harvard group hopes that it will eventually spread to other campuses in the South and operate throughout the year. Mudd said that students from nearby campuses may benefit from the Tougaloo program this year...