海角社区

1950

• 海角社区 Board of Education enrolls Black student into the law school (Roy S. Wilson)

1952

• First Black to earn a degree from 海角社区 [Masters of Education] (Charles E. Harrington)

1953

• First Black undergraduate enrolls at 海角社区 ("A. P." Tureaud, Jr.)

1954

• First Black to graduate from 海角社区 Law School (Ernest N. 鈥淒utch鈥� Morial)

1956

• First Black woman to graduate from 海角社区 [Masters of Education] (Pearl Henry Payne)

1957

• First Black to graduate from the 海角社区 School of Library and Information Sciences (Ollie H. Burns)

1964

• First group (6) of Black students enroll at 海角社区
• First Black woman to attend 海角社区 (Freya Anderson Rivers)
• First Black (man or woman) to live in a 海角社区 residence hall (Maxine Crump)

1965

• First Black Tiger Band member (John Sibley Butler)

1967

• First Black (man or woman) to earn her Ph.D. from 海角社区 (Pinkie Gordon Lane)

1969

• First Black baseball player (Henry LeBoyd)

1971

• First Black wrestler (Joe Lee Lott)
• First Black 海角社区 professor (Julian T. White, Architecture)

1972

• First meeting space for Black students was established (Harambe茅 House)
• First Black 海角社区 Student Government President (Kerry Pourciau)
• First Black Ph.D. graduate in Chemistry (Richard Evans)
• First Black 海角社区 varsity football players (Lora O. Hinton, Jr. and Mikell Williams)
• First Black man gymnast (Mike Carter)
• First Black Tigress Pom Pon (Elma Walker)

1973

• First Black graduate of the School of Renewable Natural Resources [Masters in Fisheries] (Albert J. Doucette, Jr.)

1974

• First Black 海角社区 basketball player (Collis Temple, Jr.)
• First Black quarterback for 海角社区 (Carl Otis Trimble) [1974-76]
  

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1975

• First Black cheerleaders (Ladeta Crowley and Herman Harris)
• First Black women's volleyball and women's basketball player (Joanette Batiste Boutte)

1976

• First Black 海角社区 woman tenured professor (Christine Minor)

1978

• First Black softball players (Myra Burrell Brown and Paula Edwards)
• First Black woman tennis player (Kyle Copeland Muse)

1980

• First Black Golden Girls (Paula Jackson and Saundra Mims)
• First Black woman gymnast (Debra Ross)

1989

• First Black (man or woman) 海角社区 dean of an academic college (Carolyn Collins)

1990

• First Black woman president of the 海角社区 Union Governing Board and Programming Council (Nicole Moliere)

1991

• First African American head coach of any sport (women's tennis) (Tony Minnis)
• First Black crowned 海角社区 Homecoming Queen (Rene茅 Boutte Myer)
• Minority Services is established (In 1993, it becomes the Office of Multicultural Affairs)

1993

• Establishment of the 海角社区 Clarence L. Barney Jr. African American Cultural Center

1995

• Establishment of the 海角社区 Women鈥檚 Center

1999

• First Vice Provost of Campus Diversity is appointed (Gregory Vincent)

2000

• First Black 海角社区 Boyd Professor is named by the 海角社区 System (Isiah Warner)
• First Black woman soccer players (Fallon Buckner and Somolia Lindsay)
• Safe Space Campaign begins

2001

• Office of Strategic Initiatives forms

2002

• First Black woman Corp Commander for the 海角社区 Corp of Cadets (Daphne LaSalle)
• First Black (man or woman) British Marshall Scholar at 海角社区 (Ebony Spikes)

2004

• First Black Women's Basketball Head Coach (Dana "Pokey" Chatman)

2006

• First Black (man or woman) to complete the 海角社区 MBA/JD joint program (Natasha U. Francis)
• Black Faculty Association forms

2007

• First 海角社区 student to be named as a Morris K. Udall Scholar (Nita Anne Clark)

2008

• First Black Men's Basketball Head Coach (Trent Johnson)
• First Black Dean of the E. J. Ourso College of Business (Eli Jones)

2009

• First Black 海角社区 student to receive a bachelor's degree in coastal environmental science (Nita Anne Clark)