Virginia Reaches Agreement on College-Desegregation Plan

Gov. James S. Gilmore III of Virginia, a Republican, and other state officials announced this month that they had signed an agreement with the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights that commits the state to enhancing its two public historically black universities over the next three years and that puts Virginia on a path to being declared officially desegregated.

Under the plan, Virginia would provide more than $10-million by September 30, 2004, to create a total of 12

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