Special Committee to investigate allegations of racial discrimination at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse of 1982-1983 records, [manuscript] 1975-1997 (bulk 1982-1983).

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Special Committee to investigate allegations of racial discrimination at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse of 1982-1983 records, [manuscript] 1975-1997 (bulk 1982-1983).

Records of the Special Committee to Investigate Allegations of Racial Discrimination at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse of 1982-1983 consist of materials relating to the development of the 1983 report "Report on the Investigation of Allegations of Racial Discrimination at UW-L" that responded to these allegations and proposed recommendations for the improvement of race relations on campus. Materials include correspondence between members of the faculty, administration, present and former student population, and on campus organizations, personal testimonies from administration, faculty, and students regarding the issues of racism on campus, meeting minutes for the Minority Affairs committee, the Special Committee to Investigate Allegations of Racial Discrimination at UW-L of 1982-1983, and the Institute for Minority Studies, and reports from the Special Committee to Investigate Allegations of Racial Discrimination at UW-L of 1982-1983, the Dean of Student Affairs, the University Minority Program Discussion Group, and the Office of Education Civil Rights Division Investigation. Also included are newspaper clippings from 1982 and 1983 that document the controversy on campus.

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University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. Institute for Minority Studies.

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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. Minority Affairs Committee.

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University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. Office of Education Civil Rights Division.

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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Special Committee to Investigate Allegations of Racial Discrimination.

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The Special Committee to Investigate Allegations of Racial Discrimination at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse of 1982-1983 was formed in October, 1982 following the recommendation of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Student and Faculty Senates to investigate the allegations of racial discrimination in response to the controversy over the selection of the homecoming court. From the description of Special Committee to investigate allegations of racial discrimination at University...