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Students demand resignation of Prince Jackson, Jr., president of Savannah State College.
1977 (May 5)
About 150 students continued their demands calling for the resignation of Prince Jackson, Jr., as president of predominantly Black Savannah State College in Georgia. The students' grievances included decreased alumni financial support because of "several scandals involving college staff members," alleged diversion of scholarship monies to other purposes, and alleged illegal diversion of student government association funds to "pay a deficit in the athletic program.” President Jackson did not make an immediate public response to the students' allegations. Savannah State was one of several historically black colleges that experienced student protests recently over questionable internal practices.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.