Newspaper Article, Civil Rights Group Will Review MSU Practices, October 25, 1974

Authors

Carol Douell

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Alternative Title

Civil Rights group will review MSU practices

Description

This newspaper article discusses an upcoming visit to the Mississippi State University campus by the Office of Civil Rights in Atlanta, Georgia to review the University's Civil Rights policies. The review will determine whether or not MSU complies with the requirements of the affirmative action requirements when hiring. The article goes on to describe the affirmative action program and it's purpose and importance as well as the steps MSU has taken to adhere to it since it developed the program in 1969. An article concerning a visiting speaker, terHorst, is included on the right half of the clipping.

Publication Date

10-25-1974

Publisher

The Reflector

Time Period

1970-1979

Subjects

Civil rights; Affirmative action programs in education; Affirmative action programs; State universities and colleges

Keywords

Civil Rights in Colleges; Civil Rights

Geographic Location

Starkville (Miss.); Mississippi State (Miss.)

Comments

This collection contains offensive or discriminatory content.

Object Type

Text

Format (original)

Newspaper clipping

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_UA_The-Reflector_1974-10-25_Civil-Rights-Group-MSU-Practices_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, University Archives.

Repository

University Archives

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

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Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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