The desegregation of UNC
Posted Feb 28, 2022
In 1951, five law students – Harvey Beech, James Lassiter, J. Kenneth Lee, Floyd McKissick, and James Robert Walker – became the first Black students to enroll at UNC. Their entrance was preceded by decades of legal battles, waged by advocates for integration, ending finally in a decisive ruling in the students' favor in Carmichael v. McKissick.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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