University of Maryland to name new dorms after first Black student and others who helped diversify the campus
University of Maryland to name new dorms after first Black student and others who helped diversify the campus Lauren Lumpkin The University of Maryland in College Park will name two new residence halls after former students who helped diversify the campus in the 19th and 20th centuries, officials announced Monday. Whittle-Johnson Hall will honor Hiram Whittle, the first African American man to be admitted to the university, in 1951, and Elaine Johnson Coates, who in 1959 be...
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