The long, winding, and neglected road - Black students do not reality education parity in Southern state college and universities

Black Issues in Higher Education, Sept 17, 1998 by Jamilah Evelyn

"That's pretty irresponsible," he continued. "Just at the moment when North Carolina drops tuition at the two-year schools, just at the moment when community colleges are training people in some of the hottest professions, we're gonna tell Black kids not to go. That's typical White man's arrogance. That's exactly what we've been doing to Black kids for years."

RELATED ARTICLE: Family Income and College Tuition in the South, 1995

                   Average Tuition at
                       Four-Year         Average of Black
State              Public Institutions    Family Income

Alabama                  $2,120              $19,786
Arkansas                  1,958               16,663
Delaware                  3,268               27,123
Florida                   1,772               25,742
Georgia                   2,148               27,201
Kentucky                  2,218               20,653
Louisiana                 2,038               19,656
Maryland                  3,181               28,602
Mississippi               2,410               18,792
Missouri                  2,637               19,384
North Carolina            1,502               22,789
Ohio                      3,232               23,262
Oklahoma                  1,881               20,923
Pennyslvania              4,846               23,679
South Carolina            2,996               26,921
Tennessee                 1,987               23,096
Texas                     1,910               25,633
Virginia                  3,921               28,565
West Virginia             2,020               23,058

                   Percent of Black       Average White
State                Family Income         Family Income

Alabama                  10.7%               $37,040
Arkansas                 11.8%                31,571
Delaware                 12.0%                41,376
Florida                   6.9%                37,173
Georgia                   7.9%                39,720
Kentucky                 10.7%                33,019
Louisiana                10.4%                35,991
Maryland                 11.1%                45,732
Mississippi              12.8%                33,982
Missouri                 13.6%                33,799
North Carolina            6.6%                38,239
Ohio                     13.9%                38,051
Oklahoma                  9.0%                34,887
Pennyslvania             20.5%                38,391
South Carolina           11.1%                39,442
Tennessee                 8.6%                35,445
Texas                     7.5%                42,161
Virginia                 13.7%                43,854
West Virginia             8.8%                27,937

                   Percent of White
State                Family Income

Alabama                   5.7%
Arkansas                  6.2%
Delaware                  7.9%
Florida                   4.8%
Georgia                   5.4%
Kentucky                  6.7%
Louisiana                 5.7%
Maryland                  7.0%
Mississippi               7.1%
Missouri                  7.8%
North Carolina            3.9%
Ohio                      8.5%
Oklahoma                  5.4%
Pennsylvania             12.6%
South Carolina            7.6%
Tennessee                 5.6%
Texas                     4.5%
Virginia                  8.9%
West Virginia             7.2%