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APPENDIX D RESOLUTION 5C 48-10 PASSED BY THE DELEGATES TO THE FIFTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 22–25, 1948 WHEREAS: we who profess to be Catholics and Americans believe that among those rights belonging to all, regardless of race, color or creed, is that of equal opportunity in education; and WHEREAS: we deplore the fact that in the past, owing to conditions, which have prevailed in the United States, there have been comparatively few negro students in Catholic institutions of higher learning; and WHEREAS: we recognize and deplore the fact that in some states, because of legal restrictions and unamerican social attitudes Catholic institutions are not allowed to admit negro students; therefore BE IT RESOLVED: That the NFCCS not only recommend a standard policy of non-discrimination in regard to the race or color of students applying for admission to Catholic colleges, but furthermore looks forward to the day when in Catholic Institutions of Higher Learning those students shall be present in good numbers, thereby manifesting American thinking as well as Catholic theory in practice. Appendixes  203 Resolution 5C 48–10, NFCCS Fifth National Congress, April 22–25, 1948, National Federation of Catholic College Students, records, Manhattanville College Archives, Pleasantville, NY. Anderson final pages 8/10/05 9:15 AM Page 203 ...

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