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Three of the First Black Undergraduates

Black and white photograph of three students standing under a bridge with graffiti on it.
Title:
Three of the First Black Undergraduates
Description:
Duke’s Board of Trustees desegregated the graduate and professional schools in 1961 and undergraduate education in 1962. Pictured here from left to right are Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke (W’67), Nathaniel White, Jr. (T’67), and Mary Mitchell Harris (W’67), who were the first Black undergraduates to earn degrees from Duke. Gene Kendall and Cassandra Rush Smith matriculated with them in September 1963.
Date:
1967
Rights:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED Some Rights Reserved
Citation:
University Archives Photograph Collection, Box 49, Class of 1967, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.