Correspondence with Presidents of Kentucky Colleges

Correspondence between Pres. Conway Boatman, Union College, and Walter A. Groves, June 1954.

Pres. H. Leo Eddleman, Georgetown College, to Walter A. Groves, June 1954.

Walter A. Groves to Pres. H. Leo Eddleman, Georgetown College, July 1954.

Pres. H. Leo Eddleman to Walter A. Groves, July 1954.

Pres. Z.T. Johnson, Asbury College, to Walter A. Groves, June 1954.

In the summer of 1954 Walter A. Groves sent several letters to fellow presidents in Kentucky, inquiring about their policies of admission regarding race. The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education had come down in May of 1954, ruling segregation laws in American public schools were unconstitutional. While Groves had been contemplating the desegregation of Centre College since arriving in 1948, the Supreme Court decision provided a constitutional basis for the change Groves desired.