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Date Added: May 01, 2008 02:06:03 PM

(From The Daily Reveille ) In June 1964, a group of six black students broke LSU's color barrier. Nearly 43 years later, 2,124 black students are enrolled, but the university is still working to improve the graduation gap between black and white students. Only 14 percent of all higher education institutions have graduation rates higher than 70 percent for black students who were first-time, ...

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