The Struggle toward Equality in Higher Education:The Impact of the Morrill Acts on Race Relations in Virginia, 1872-1958
This thesis examines the impact of the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Acts on Virginia’s public higher education system. While the Morrill Acts, issued by the federal government, expanded access to higher education for all Americans, they also resulted in the entrenchment of segregation in seventeen differen...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3052 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4051&context=etd |