This month in history (28 years ago)
Racial incidents on campus in the mid-1980s contributed to the creation of a United Coalition Against Racism, which organized a major rally for March 4, 1987. At a hearing of the Higher Education Subcommittee March 5 at the Michigan Union, university officials described the steps being taken to combat racism. The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with rally leaders and President Harold Shapiro March 23. After a six-point action plan was announced at Hill Auditorium, Jackson said, “There may be darkness on campuses all around the country, but in Ann Arbor, a light is shining today.”
— “The Making of the University of Michigan 1817-1992,” by Howard H. Peckham
