Floyd B. McKissick

Floyd B. McKissick

Floyd B. McKissick (1922–1991) was among the first Black students at the University of North Carolina's law school in Chapel Hill. A Durham lawyer with undergraduate and law degrees from North Carolina Central University, he became national director of the Congress of Racial Equality in 1966 and founded Soul City near Warrenton in the early 1970s.

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African Americans of Durham & Orange Counties

Bolduc, Jean · 2016

Floyd McKissick -- Walter Jackson -- Brenda Stephens -- Nate Davis -- Jaki Shelton Green -- Jackie Wagstaff -- Diane Wright -- Michelle Johnson -- The Klan.

OCPL Duke

Oral history interview with Floyd B. McKissick, Sr., May 31, 1989: interview L-0040, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

McKissick, Floyd B. · 2007 · University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

Floyd McKissick was born into a prominent black family in North Carolina. The racism he witnessed and experienced during his formative years and early adulthood--including during his tenure in the Army--had a profound i…

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African Americans of Durham and Orange counties : an oral history

Bolduc, Jean · 2016 · The History Press

Floyd McKissick -- Walter Jackson -- Brenda Stephens -- Nate Davis -- Jaki Shelton Green -- Jackie Wagstaff -- Diane Wright -- Michelle Johnson -- The Klan.

NC Cardinal Duke Durham Wake Forest CH Historical Society

Oral history interview with Floyd McKissick, December 6, 1973 interview A-0134, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).

McKissick, Floyd B. · 2007 · University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

Floyd McKissick discusses a lifetime of politics and activism in this interview. McKissick was a devoted civil rights activist before and after World War II, integrating the law school of the University of North Carolin…

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Department of City and Regional Planning of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill collection of Soul City (N.C.) materials, 1962-1991

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Department of City and Regional Planning · 1962

UNC

Law school first : The African Americans who integrated UNC-Chapel Hill.

Kathrine R. Everett Law Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

UNC

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October 1949–June 1951 Black law students sue to enter UNC's Law School On October 25, 1949, Harold Epps and other law students at North Carolina College in Durham sued for admission to UNC's law school. A federal district court ru… People: Floyd B. McKissick, Harvey E. Beech, J. Kenneth LeeUNC School of Law, Law School First: Lawsuits

June 1951 UNC Law School begins desegregation About a week after the Supreme Court refused on June 4, 1951, to review McKissick v. Carmichael, Black students registered for summer session at UNC's law scho… People: Floyd B. McKissick, Harvey E. Beech, J. Kenneth LeeChapel Hill Weekly (June 15, 1951): Negroes Enter University

September 19, 1955 First Black undergraduates enter UNC LeRoy and Ralph Frasier and John Lewis Brandon, all of Durham, became UNC's first Black undergraduates when they began classes on September 19, 1955. A three-j… People: Floyd B. McKissickChapel Hill Weekly (September 20, 1955): Negro Students Are Attending Classes

1963–1964 Floyd McKissick sends organizers to Chapel Hill and defends arrested demonstrators As head of CORE's Durham office, McKissick sent organizer Quinton Baker to Chapel Hill in 1963 to teach nonviolence and demonstration tactics, and he acted as …Search the index · UNC Libraries: I Raised My Hand to Volunteer, Documents and Photographs

April 19, 1963 Floyd McKissick and Malcolm X appear together at UNC's Memorial Hall A day after their meeting in Durham, Durham attorney Floyd McKissick and Malcolm X appeared at UNC in a meeting moved from Howell Hall to Memorial Hall when ab…Search the index · DigitalNC: The Daily Tar Heel, April 21, 1963, page 1 (Malcolm X Speaks Here)

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