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The Office of Equal Opportunity Programs Collections at Florida Atlantic University consists of documentation produced and received by the office spanning an approximate date range of thirty years. Starting in 1965, under the legal expectations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, this collection centers on the overall desegregation plans of and for Florida Atlantic University. Most of the documentation predominantly focuses on the office's work during Dr. Gwendolyn G. High's tenure, aspects include FAU's ongoing participation in the State University System's Florida's Plan for Equal Access and Equal Opportunity in Public Higher Education, annual Salary Surveys, and the creation of Minority Student Services. Items include memoranda, reports, letters, handbills, news clippings, posters, newsletters and an audio recording pertaining to minority issues at Florida Atlantic University.

On November 12, 1964, Florida Atlantic University's first president, Dr. Kenneth Rast Williams was formally inaugurated. In 1962, two years before FAU opened, he took the helm of an institution with a small but dedicated faculty that quickly became known for outstanding classroom teaching and mentorship of students