Burroughs-White, Claudette Graves, 1991 February 25

File — Box: 2, Folder: 18

Identifier: 01-UA112-OH003- Series 2- File Folder 18

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Scope and Contents

Burroughs-White talks about her decision to attend Woman's College and how her class at Dudley High School in Greensboro planned to pioneer integration of North Carolina's universities and colleges. She discusses campus life from the perspective of one of the first African American students. She recalls the integration of the buses, her participation in the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins and her career in Greensboro. Subjects: Civil Rights Movement, being a day student, looking for social life outside the campus, integration of the campus, Mereb Mossman, Katherine Taylor, dress code.

Dates

1991 February 25

Creator

From the Collection: History, Department of (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Claudette Graves Burroughs-White (1940-2007) was one of the first African Americans admitted to Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1957. A sociology major, she took part in the 1960 sit-ins at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro. She served as a Greensboro city council member from 1994-2005.