1983

  • 7th Annual NBCSL Conference in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • NBCSL adopted a resolution to convince the federal government to “forgive” a $23 million loan owed by Nashville’s Meharry Medical College, one of the two historically black medical colleges in the U.S.
  • NBCSL members conduct a fact- finding tour of Taiwan, where they met with government officials about mutual world concerns.