They were anxious to meet in places where blacks could attend without harassment.
Since most blacks attend overwhelmingly black high schools, the result is much closer to that of taking the top 10 percent of each race.
He showed that blacks in the North lived longer than slaves, attended church more, and were achieving scholastically at a rate similar to whites.
On April 8, around 1,500 blacks attended a memorial held at a local recreation center.
Four blacks attended white schools in 1965.
In 1960, blacks attended school an average of only seven years in Chatham County.
In the 1870's and 1880's, 23 blacks attended West Point but only 3 graduated.
The new figures show that 11 more blacks and 51 more Hispanic freshmen will attend the university than in fall 1997.
But few blacks or Hispanics attended the open houses or signed up for the housing lottery, and the community started off mostly white.
It is usually thought that blacks will not attend concerts unless there are more blacks on stage.