One student's fight for black inclusion at Whittier College — with the campus president's help
LOS ANGELES - When Journee Bradford arrived at Whittier College as a freshman in the fall of 2017, she expected to encounter a place far more diverse than her hometown of Shreveport, La., where 95% of residents identified as black or white.
What Bradford found at the 133-year-old liberal arts college surprised and dismayed her. Although more than half of the 1,723 undergraduate students identified as Latino or Hispanic, less than 5% identified as African American or black. Black academics and administrators were rare, and the college didn't officially observe Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
"For the black students on campus, especially those not from the area, coming to Whittier has been an eye-opener," said Bradford, 20, a business and entertainment management double-major who identifies as black. "It's been a big adjustment for a lot us, especially when you don't see
