A History of African Americans at UNCG

Erin LawrimoreUniversity Archivist

Name Changes

• State Normal and Industrial School (1891-1919)

• North Carolina College for Women (1919-1932)

• Woman’s College (1932-1963)• The University of North Carolina at

Greensboro (1963- )

Campus & Spring Garden Street, 1892

Student Expenses, 1892/1983

• Tuition $40• Board in Dormitories 64• Laundry 12• Physician’s Fee 5• Book Fee 5• Contingent Fee 2

$128**$4.00 extra if you wanted a single bed

Dr. McIver and the Faculty, 1892/1893

Early African American Campus Employees

Ezekiel “Zeke” Robinson

The First 60 Years of the University

Woman’s College in the early 1950s

Desegregation of UNCG

Desegregation of Greensboro Businesses:

February 1960 sit ins

Desegregation of Greensboro Businesses:

Tate Street Desegregation, 1963

The Arrival of Male Students

Black Power Forum, 1967

ARA Strike, 1969

Neo Black Society Controversy, 1973

African American Studies

Special Collections and University Archives Resources

University Archives Onlinehttp://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/

collection/ui

Digital Collections of Related to AAS

• Civil Rights Greensboro• Digital Library on American Slavery• African American Institutional

Memory Project

Other Ways to Learn about UNCG History

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• Spartan Stories (UNCGHistory.blogspot.com)

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