Summary: | This is a Board of Regents minutes document noting the admission of Hiram Whittle on January 31, 1951. Hiram Whittle was the first African American undergraduate student who began classes in the spring semester of 1951. The NAACP initially helped him in the admission process but Whittle enrolled before the case was finished. He studied electrical engineering and lived in a dormitory near Ritchie Coliseum but transferred to a school in New York before he completed his degree at the University of Maryland. |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | College Park |
Temporal subject: |
1947-07-16
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | College Park |
Topical subjects: |
Byrd, Harry Clifton, 1889-1970
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College administrators
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University of Maryland at College Park. Office of the President
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Maryland--Politics and government
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Civic leaders
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Whittle, Hiram
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School integration |
University System of Maryland. Board of Regents |
ArchivesUM location: | Harry Clifton Byrd papers
- box 8
- series IV
- accession 93-90
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Repository: | University Archives |
Browse terms: | University of Maryland |
University AlbUM Browse terms: | People |
Copyright holder: | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) |
Collection: | Digital Collections |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/contact/home. |