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Episodes tagged "Pembroke State College": 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. The Self-Integration Of Pembroke State College
    date July 3, 1956map Robeson, North Carolinatags Education, Race-Relations, integration/segregation, lumbee indians, Pembroke State College

    In the summer of 1956, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) had “a record enrollment of 124 in its summer session,” wrote a journalist for The Robesonian.  The reason for this record breaking enrollment was clear: more white students were taking advantage of the university’s summer sessions.  UNCP, then known as Pembroke State College (PSC), started admitting whites in 1953,...

  2. Secondary Education in Robeson County in 1945
    date May 15, 1945map Robeson, North Carolinatags Education, Pembroke State College, UNCP

    “Thursday May 17, has been set as Senior Day, when high-school senior students of Robeson County are invited to visit the college, see its various activities and mingle socially with its students and faculty,” reports the May 15, 1945, issue of The Robesonian.   As the article described, the students had a full day planned for them at Pembroke State College, including tours of many of the different...