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Roberta Jackson became the first Black tenure-track faculty member in UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Education in 1970, taught education, and later became the first tenured Black woman in the university's Division of Academic Affairs. The university's admissions building was named for her and her husband, Blyden Jackson, in honor of their service to Carolina.
Source: UNC-Chapel Hill: 225 years of Tar Heels: Blyden and Roberta Jackson
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