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African Americans Charles D. McIver Ezekiel Robinson founding

Ezekiel “Zeke” Robinson

Robinson with the college’s horse and buggy When the doors opened at the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) on October 5, 1892, school president Charles Duncan McIver had 15 well-qualified faculty members and nearly 200 young female students. While cooks, janitors, handymen, and others worked behind the scenes to keep the school running, […]

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Artifacts Charles D. McIver J.L.M. Curry Peabody Medal Pheobe Pegram

A Most Deserving Student

Phoebe Pegram  Currently kept in the Adornments and Medals Series of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Archives Collection, the Peabody Medal, won by Phoebe Pegram, is an object with an undeniably intriguing history. One of over 350 objects in the collection, it is one of four medals currently in the artifacts collection. This […]

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