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Mildred Barrington Poole (Class of 1921) and the first desegregated schools in the South

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by Scott Hinshaw In 1951, Mildred Barrington Poole (Class of 1921), made a bold decision.  Mrs. Poole became the first chief administrator and principal of the Fort Bragg school system in 1948. When she arrived, black and white servicemen’s children attended different schools, following the standard of “separate, but equal” established by the Supreme Court’s […]

Campus Maps Part I

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by Scott Hinshaw Maps are artifacts that represent a physical space fixed at one point in time. Taken individually, they tell us how to get from one place to another. They provide a view of place unattainable from the ground and give us a unique perspective and orientation. Compared with one another, maps trace the […]

Margaret Gash (Class of 1895): Chief Cataloguer, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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by Scott Hinshaw This week’s story focuses on an early graduate of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG), Ms. Margaret Gash. Margaret Avery Gash of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, was one of State Normal’s earliest graduates, having earned her degree in 1895. According to the Graduation Excercises booklet from 1895, her […]

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