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Save Black Colleges Theme of PUSH Expo
The PUSH EXPO '73 centers on saving Black colleges with a five day program in September 1923 at the International Amphitheatre. Rev Jesse Jackson leads plans to discuss Black education, desegregation effects, and funding, aiming to boost Black colleges amid perceived threats and to map strategy with 89 Black colleges nationwide.
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Joseph Williams
International Amphitheatre
Save the
Jesse Jackson
PUSH
Johnson Publishing Company
St. Michigan Ave
Jackson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Celious Henderson
Charles Kidd
Olive Harvey College
Atkins
Malcolm X College
James E. Cheek
Howard University
America
al Green
Roberta Flack
the Supremes
the Temptations
the Jackson Five
James Cleveland Gospel
Isaac Hayes
Columbus Smith