| Summary: | <span>Using a wide variety of statistical sources, particularly those created by government agencies in the United States of America (<span><span>USA</span></span>), this article offers a descriptive overview of the insertion of ethnic and racial minorities in the <span><span>USA</span></span> higher education system. This process illustrates more profound and general changes within <span><span>USA</span></span> society, which have a specific though not exclusive origin in the social transformations that began in the 1960’s and were consolidated in the 1970’s. These changes gave rise to a new polítical, social and cultural space for African-Americans, who waged a powerful battle to gain political and civil rights, which were then extended to the Hispanic population.</span>
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