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 university integration, ending finally in a decisive ruling in the students' favor in Carmichael v. McKissick. (Daily Tar Heel) Carolina’s Black Pioneers
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...
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Redesigning Franklin Street's Porthole Alley
During the creation of the 2019 Campus Master Plan, University leaders identified Porthole Alley — the area where UNC’s campus meets downtown Chapel Hill —.