 In the 1970s, in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement, there was a move to integrate people of other races into these schools.A student group named the Student Organization for Black Unity was created to advocate for the maintenance of the schools as black-only institutions and to promote a feeling of community and racial self-esteem among the students.The members of the organization believed that integrating the schools would lead to a decline in the quality of educational opportunities for black students, through rising admissions standards and through the replacement of black administrators and instructors.