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Cincinnati Music School Drops Jim Crow PolicyThe College of Music of Cincinnati has accepted the first Negro student in its 80-year-old history. The student, Herman Griffith, was enrolled in the radio-television department of the College and began class work on Monday, Sept. 17, The Daily Express learned today.Griffith first attempted to re-gister for the College's summer session last June, but was told that the policy remained one of non-acceptance of Negro students. Griffith again applied on Wednesday, Sept 12, for the fall session. At that time he was told by Fred Smith, executive director of the College, that the Board of Trustees was meeting the next night, Sept 13, and that Griffith would be told its decision on Fri-| day.--That decision was to end the policy of discrimination. Griffith, a native of Cincinnati and a graduate of the local public schools, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Central State College at Wilberforce, Ohio. He is interested in taking the two-year course in radio-television offered by the College so that he can prepare himself for a teaching career in that field, as well Continued On Page 4
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Dayton Daily Express
Dayton, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 19, 1951
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