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  • Desegragation of SLI in 1954: Smooth transition to integrated college in Louisiana {Jena 6 contrast)

    09/23/2007 10:41:26 AM PDT · by topher · 12 replies · 668+ views
    Various | September 22, 2007 | vanity
    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...