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In 1904, the Kentucky state legislature's passage of the " Day Law " disrupted Berea's interracial education by prohibiting education of black and white students together.
The college challenged the law in state court and further appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court in Berea College v. Kentucky.
When the challenge failed, the college had to become a segregated school, but it set aside funds to help establish the Lincoln Institute near Louisville to educate black students.
In 1925 famed advertiser Bruce Barton, a future congressman, sent a letter to 24 wealthy men in America to raise funds for the college.
Every single letter was returned with a minimum of $ 1, 000 in donation.
In 1950, when the law was amended to allow integration of schools at the college level, Berea promptly resumed its integrated policies.

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