HEW Hints Of Future
Statewide Desegration
Since the Consolidated
University's three main
branches received letters
from HEW, there have been
indications that a statewide
desegration order for North
Carolina colleges and
universities is upcoming.
The United States
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare
announced Tuesday that a
future statewide order could
recommend consolidation of
some state supported
colleges and reassignment
programs.
It is entirely probable in
this context, to suppose that
Greensboro's predominantly
all-white UNC-G might be
recommended to merge with
predominantly black A&T
State University.
The figure now having
received letters from HEW is
fifteen and is fast becoming
a status symbol for
chancellors and presidents.
Schools receiving them were
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Greensboro, Raleigh, and
Wilmington, A&T State
University, East Carolina
University, East Carolina
University, and North
Carolina Central University
at Durham among others.
See related editorial on page
two. This editorial was approved
by the editorial board, 7-1.
David Gerard, Office of
Civil Rights official, said that
the letters to the schools
differed, but that they were
essentially "a list of
recommendations on what
they can do to improve and
come into full compliance
with the Civil Rights Act of
1964."
"Generally," Gerard
explained, "these schools
have been either all black or
all white at some time in
their existence. Our purpose
is to remove the racial
identifiability of the
colleges."
