Black History
52 Weeks of Black Brillance – Week 7
By Courtesy of UNC Chapel Hill
Harvey Beech, James Lassiter, J. Kenneth Lee, Floyd McKissick and James Robert Walker enrolled in the UNC School of Law in 1951, following a court order that said the Law School must admit Black students. They became the first African American students at the University of North Carolina. After they enrolled, other graduate and professional schools at Carolina began admitting African American students.
The same legal ruling that opened the door…..