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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Morton Gurewitch graduated from New York's City College in 1942, he had a straight A average in French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prejudices | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

...college's Ward Medal "for proficiency in French" went to a classmate whose grades were lower. Four City College instructors indignantly declared that their department head, Professor William E. Knickerbocker, had passed Gurewitch over because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prejudices | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

Last week, after a ten-month investigation, a special committee of New York's City Council reported that Knickerbocker had indeed discriminated against Gurewitch. By a 16-0 vote, the City Council recommended that Knickerbocker be fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prejudices | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

City College announced that Gurewitch had been the victim of a "clerical error," gave him his medal six years late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Prejudices | 7/5/1948 | See Source »

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