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John Lewis Brandon was one of three students at Hillside High School in Durham when they applied to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1955. They were rejected until a federal court judge ordered their admission.

John Lewis Brandon, 80, died Tuesday of complications from cancer, while LeRoy Frasier passed away last year on Dec. 29th.

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