"We wanted to work in districts that have been traditionally underrepresented," Mr. O'Neal said.

Members of AASCU work to extend higher education to all citizens, including those who have been traditionally underrepresented on college campuses.

And in October, just before winning a second term as Governor, he said, "I have long supported set-asides as a means to assist traditionally underrepresented businesses."

Treasures like its famous Benin bronzes are included, but the galleries also emphasize works from traditionally underrepresented regions, like North Africa and Madagascar.

He has also entered a world that has traditionally underrepresented - or even misrepresented blacks.

Soul Mountain offers fellowships to "emerging and established poets" with an emphasis on supporting writers belonging to traditionally underrepresented racial or cultural groups.

The remaining percentage of participants can be from racial and ethnic groups traditionally underrepresented in graduate study.

Ohio State also administers two large-scale scholarship programs to ensure access to the university to high-ability students from low-income or traditionally underrepresented groups.

With corporate boards seeking a wider basis for membership, including traditionally underrepresented groups, there is greater diversity in the dialogues vital to a social order in transition.

About 20 percent of new prosecutors during that period came from groups traditionally underrepresented in the law.