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 […]
LeRoy Frasier, one of the first African American students who successfully challenged racial segregation at North Carolina in Chapel Hill, has passed away from heart failure at the age of 80. Family members said that Frasier suffered heart failure and died Dec. 29 at a hospital in New York City. He had taught English in […]
