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WTVM Editorial 2-26-21: Auburn history remembered


WTVM Editorial 2-26-21: Auburn history remembered
WTVM Editorial 2-26-21: Auburn history remembered
By Holly Steuart | February 26, 2021 at 12:29 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 12:29 PM
It’s an important story and not just because February is Black History Month, but because Black History is American History and what happened in the mid-1960′s at Auburn is worth remembering.
The first Black student was Harold Franklin in 1964. It was courageous of Franklin to register for classes, tearing down the barriers set up by the blatant racism of Governor George Wallace.
The racism then was so pervasive that Franklin could not get professors to read his master’s thesis so he could graduate, forcing him get his degree elsewhere. He finally returned to Auburn in 2019 for long overdue accolades and an Honorary Doctorate. ....

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