"In 1939, UCLA obviously allowed black students to attend the university, but it wasn't exactly encouraged. As a result, out of 9,600 students at UCLA, only about fifty were black. In addition, it was very hard for the black students at UCLA to find housing or get hired for part-time jobs on campus. And it was even more difficult for black students to be included in social events. It was clearly understood that they were not to attend parties with white students, so the tiny group of blacks socialized among themselves. Still, UCLA welcomed Jackie Robinson because he was a great athlete and the university was desperately in need of star power on the field. UCLA was a fairly new school when Jackie arrived, but it was in the same sports division as older, stronger colleges like USC, Berkeley, Stanford and Oregon. UCLA was the new kid on the block and needed some victories. It hoped Jackie Robinson would help."
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UCLA, officially the University of California, Los Angeles, is a public research university located in the census-designated place of Los Angeles, California. The campus occupies and enrolls over 44,000 students. UCLA is ranked among the top universities in the world. UCLA was founded in 1919 after the California State government acquired the land and buildings of the Los Angeles Normal School and transformed it into the Southern Branch of the .
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