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Footnotes 1421
Wilkerson polled 838 students In a white land-grant college in the Deep South on the
issue of mixed education and reports the following reaction.
Questions and Choices Percentage of Total
Presented Students Students (N = 8 3 8
)
“1 , If a few Negroes are admitted by order of court or legislature;
^Should the other students leave in frotestV
(a) Certainly should not 23
(b) Probably should not 17
(c) Can’t say; not sure 9
(d) Probably should 16
(e) Certainly should 34
“II. If a student plans to enter, but learns a few Negroes might be
enrolled: ^Should he enter the institution anyway?^
(a) Certainly should 21
(b) Probably should 15
(c) Can’t say; not sure 7
(d) Probably should not 19
(e) Certainly should not 37
“111. If a few Negroes are admitted by order of court or legislature:
^How should the other students treat them?’
(a) Go out of the way to be friendly to them 0.4
(b) Make no advances but accept their presence in good grace 46
(c) Can’t say; not sure 7
(d) Deliberately ignore them so they’ll feel they are not
wanted 27
(e) Organize to make life miserable for them; try to force
them to leave 20
“IV. If court or legislature orders admission of Negroes: ^Out of a
class of looy how many might be Negroes before their presence
would create a serious froblem?’
O-i 49
2-5 19
6-1 1 17
16 and over 15”
(Wilkerson, “The Negro in American Education,” pp. 183-184.)
See, for instance, Robert R. Moton, What the Negro Thinks (1929), p. 114.
W, E. B. Du Bois, “Does the Negro Need Separate Schools.? ,” Journal of Negro
Education (July, 1935), p. 335 -
Booker T. Washington, in reply to an inquiry from whites on how to accomplish
segregation in the North, said:
“As a rule, colored people in the Northern States are very much opposed to any plans
for separate schools, and I think their feelings in the matter deserve consideration. The
real objection to separate schools, from their point of view, is that they do not like to
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