Serving the Educational Interests of African-American Students at Brown Plus Fifty: The Historically Black College or University and Affirmative Action Programs

Article by Alfreda A. Sellers Diamond

In this Article, the author examines the impact of the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause on the interests of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), African-American students, and other students of color. The Article gauges the value and the survivability of the HBCU, and it critiques the impact of affirmative action programs on the interests of African-American students and other students of color before and after Grutter v. Bollinger.

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About the Author

Alfreda A. Sellers Diamond. Professor of Law, Southern University Law Center. LL.M., Columbia University; J.D., M.Ed., B. Mus. Ed., Louisiana State University.

Citation

78 Tul. L. Rev. 1877 (2004)

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