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This NewsHour segment looks at the racial makeup of the North Carolina state university system. The state became the first to be denied federal government funds for failing to desegregate its colleges and universities under specific guidelines. Charlayne Hunter-Gault hosts a roundtable discussion on the ironies, conflicts and costs of desegregating higher education in the Southern United States. The main topic of this episode is Black Colleges. The guests are David Tatel, Althea Simmons, Leonard Haynes, Jesse Stone. Byline: Robert MacNeil, Charlayne Hunter-Gault The recording of this episode is incomplete, and most likely the beginning and/or the end is missing.

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