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    The Story of UNC’s First African American Graduate

    January 29, 2020

    Lucile Buchanan enrolled in a two-year teacher certification program at the now University of Northern Colorado in 1903 and was the only African American student in her 1905 graduating class and the first African-American student to earn a teaching degree at UNC. Learn more about her story.

    Lucile Buchanan with her graduating class at UNC