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Throughout this research paper, the discussion topic deals with whom or what Berea College should serve. Sources will be used to discuss the Appalachian region, Christian colleges, the Berea territory, and the history of Berea college. The topic of discrimination will also be discussed mainly focused upon what it is, how it can be used for good, and if it is okay to practice. Berea should primarily serve students who come from poor economic background regardless of their race, region, or religion because students might not have the same opportunities at another institution. Berea College should devote most of its acceptance percentage to the lower-class students of Appalachia. With the remainder percentage, Berea should accept lower class students …show more content…

Fee, has grown to be the light within the dark. But how did it start. In 1854, Fee with the help of Cassius Marcelus Clay, founded the town of Berea, Kentucky. And four years later in 1858 and 1859 he founded Berea College. Fee based the institution on Christian principles, with its main purposes being is to spread knowledge of Christ and to give all people quality education. Due to the institutions beliefs, Berea college and Fee faced a lot of backlash. For example, in December of 1859, sixty armed men attacked Berea while Fee was away, and the town was deserted. Fee lived in exile in Ohio until 1864, when he returned to Berea (Henderson). Due to the different troublesome events that took place in Berea and the surrounding areas, Fee made it a must that Berea College continues to work toward Gods plan even if it contradicts what everyone else believed in at the …show more content…

"An Act to Prohibit White and Colored Persons from Attending the Same School" is what the headlines stated, was introduced in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1904 by Breathitt County Representative Carl Day. The bill was signed into law by Governor J.C.W. Beckham the next day. Berea College was criminally convicted of violating the Day Law and was fined $1,000. Berea’s Board of Trustees decided to immediately challenge the Day Law in court. Berea College appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1908 the Court handed down an 8-1 decision against the College. Ironically, only Justice John Marshall Harlan dissented. Harlan believed that the law was unconstitutional under the "Due Process" clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and was a governmental intrusion into the private lives of citizens. Nonetheless, the decision affirmed the legitimacy of the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s right to prohibit individuals

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