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TEST OF TIME continued
1972
A minor in African American studies is
established. Muhammad Ali speaks in Packer
Hall and says, "The problem between white
people and Black people is the worst problem
in the whole world."
1987
The Loser family gives gift to college; a building
on campus is named after Trenton School
Superintendent Paul Loser.
1944
New Jersey Supreme Court rules race-based
discrimination in public schools is illegal.
1970
Black students at the college create a list of
10 demands, which leads to the formation of a
Black studies department.
1903
Booker T. Washington visits the college and
gives a lecture on the "Negro Problem."
1917
The student newspaper, The Signal, in print
since 1855, publishes its first image of African
American students at the college.
Jada Grisson '21
