For instance, University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington was hesitant to engage in collaborations with black colleges because he felt desegregation would negate the need for black colleges. He believed black colleges would become extinct, and the black talent on those campuses was better served at Wisconsin or other similar universities. Harrington went as far as attempting to recruit Samuel DeWitt Proctor, the president of North Carolina A&T, to lead an institute at Wisconsin.
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