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PRIMARY TOPIC Exchange program between Grinnell College and LeMoyne College in the 60s
OTHER SUBJECTS or BRIEF SUMMARY Exchange programs, race relations, Civil Rights Movement
Post title: When Grinnell College Collaborated With A Black College
Date published: January 27, 2023
Link to blog post: https://grinnellstories.blogspot.com/2023/01/when-grinnell-college-collaborated-with.html
Summary: In the thick of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Grinnell College and LeMoyne College began an exchange program. The students involved, mostly women, made bettering their understanding racism the focus of their experience, but the College saw it mostly as a way to attract Black students to Grinnell. The students generally reported having a very positive experience where they learned a lot about not only racial differences but other systemic problems facing the nation at the time, though the program did not last past the 70s.
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