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1. Civil rights era · 1945–1975

2. 1957
   Appointment, election or service · Chapel Hill Daniel H. Pollitt joins the UNC law faculty

   Pollitt came to the UNC School of Law in 1957 as an associate professor of constitutional and labor law, after resigning from the University of Arkansas rather than sign an oath disavowing membership in the NAACP.

3. Recent decades · 1976–2026

4. 1992
   Appointment, election or service · Chapel Hill Daniel Pollitt retires from the UNC law faculty

   Pollitt, by then a Kenan professor of law, retired from teaching in 1992 after more than 35 years at UNC. The Daily Tar Heel credited him with founding the North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, opposing the Speaker Ban and helping to integrate the university.

5. March 5, 2010
   Life event · Chapel Hill Daniel H. Pollitt dies in Chapel Hill

   Pollitt died in Chapel Hill on March 5, 2010. His honors included the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the Thomas Jefferson Award and the Order of the Golden Fleece.

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