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Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102

§323 Racial Discrimination by Colleges Restricted

Title 7 › CHAPTER 13 — AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES › SUBCHAPTER II — COLLEGE-AID ANNUAL APPROPRIATION › § 323

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal money under this subchapter cannot go to any college that treats students differently because of race or color. Separate colleges for white and colored students are allowed only if the federal funds are fairly divided between them. If a State has one college under subchapter I and also had, on August 30, 1890, a State-aided institution for colored students, the State legislature may propose to the Secretary of Agriculture a split of the funds between the white college and the colored institution. If the funds are split that way, the colored institution gets the same benefits and must follow the same rules as if it were under subchapter I.

Full Legal Text

Title 7, §323

Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

No money shall be paid out under this subchapter to any State or Territory for the support or maintenance of a college where a distinction of race or color is made in the admission of students, but the establishment and maintenance of such colleges separately for white and colored students shall be held to be a compliance with the provisions of said sections if the funds received in such State or Territory be equitably divided as hereinafter set forth: Provided, That in any State in which there has been one college established in pursuance of subchapter I of this chapter, and also in which an educational institution of like character has been established, or may be hereafter established, and is on August 30, 1890, aided by such State from its own revenue, for the education of colored students in agriculture and the mechanic arts, however named or styled, or whether or not it has received money prior to August 30, 1890, under said subchapter I, the legislature of such State may propose and report to the Secretary of Agriculture a just and equitable division of the fund to be received under this subchapter between one college for white students and one institution for colored students established as aforesaid, which shall be divided into two parts and paid accordingly, and thereupon such institution for colored students shall be entitled to the benefits of said sections and subject to their provisions, as much as it would have been if it had been included under subchapter I of this chapter, and the fulfillment of the foregoing provisions shall be taken as a compliance with the provision in reference to separate colleges for white and colored students.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section constitutes part of section 1 of act Aug. 30, 1890. Remainder of section 1 is classified to section 322 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

under this section to Secretary of Agriculture, see note set out under section 321 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

7 U.S.C. § 323

Title 7, Agriculture

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102