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When Harvard Excluded Negroes From University Housing
"In the fall of 1921 five colored youths applied for admission to the freshman class [at Harvard University], all of them having taken the examinations successfully, were admitted. Three applied for rooms in the Freshmen Dormitories, which place was a compulsory living quarters for out-of-town freshmen, being optional with local students. These boys were Bertram C. Bland of Newark, N.J., Cecil Blue, Washington, D.C., Pritchett Klugh, Boston, Wm. J. Knox Jr., New Bedford, Mass., and Edward W. Wilson, Boston. Those requesting dormitory residence were Bland, Blue, and Knox, the latter alone being successful. He made application from, and took his examinations in New Bedford, and he was assigned to a room in Standish B. 32, and sent a porter's card to admit his bags and belongings.
"It happened that one subject, chemistry laboratory, had to be taken in Cambridge for which he appeared in person. This was the beginning of...