People think of the Deep South as a place prejudice and racism. This story is one of how a South Louisiana college quietly integrated to the point that almost no one seemed to notice... A lawsuit in March of 1954 allowed black students to attend college in Lafayette, Louisiana, in the September of 1954. This was a situation where integration occurred peacefully. However, many whites involved do not understand how hard it was for a handful of black students to attend this college. SLI [Southwestern Louisiana Institute] later became the University of Southwestern Louisiana and is now the University of...
