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The Civil Rights Movement, the assassination of President Kennedy, President Johnson’s Great Society, and War on Poverty made the context ripe for national reform in higher education. This came in the form of desegregation efforts, student protest, and the most impactful legislative action on higher education to date, the Higher Education Act of 1965. Students called for equality and participated in protests against Jim Crow practices in the South. They created and joined activist groups to promote change, and the Kennedy and Johnson administrations responded. The crises of the Civil Rights Movement, the assassination of JFK, involvement in Vietnam, and the quest to address the challenges of poverty in the US led to monumental changes in student aid and federal involvement in higher education.

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Access and Equity: The Charge for Higher Education in the Civil Rights Movement

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    2025年

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  • Allison L. Palmadessa

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The Civil Rights Movement, the assassination of President Kennedy, President Johnson’s Great Society, and War on Poverty made the context ripe for national reform in higher education. This came in the form of desegregation efforts, student protest, and the most impactful legislative action on higher education to date, the Higher Education Act of 1965. Students called for equality and participated in protests against Jim Crow practices in the South. They created and joined activist groups to promote change, and the Kennedy and Johnson administrations responded. The crises of the Civil Rights Movement, the assassination of JFK, involvement in Vietnam, and the quest to address the challenges of poverty in the US led to monumental changes in student aid and federal involvement in higher education.