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Perry Deane Young

Perry Deane Young wrote a column for the Chapel Hill Herald from 1996 to 2003. He entered UNC in 1959, left, and returned to graduate in 1994. Sent to Vietnam by United Press International in 1968, he wrote Two of the Missing (1975) and co-wrote The David Kopay Story (1977).

Source: UNC Libraries: Perry Deane Young Papers, 1954-2004 (finding aid)

1941–2019 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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StorylineThe city schools’ multicultural plan, sexual orientation and the gay literature unit, 1990–19941990–1994 · 18 events · The Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools adopted a multicultural plan in 1990. In 1993 parents protested its lessons on sexual orientation, a committee rewrote its mission statement, and Chapel Hill High's principal suspended the gay and lesbian readings in a teacher's literature unit. In August 1994, after a hearing where most speakers backed it, the school board added sexual orientation to the plan.

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  1. Perry Deane Young speaks at Chapel Hill High School after gay-authored books are pulled from a reading list After four gay- and lesbian-authored books were pulled from an English teacher’s multicultural reading list at Chapel Hill High School, Young and author Susan Johnson spoke at an evening program there and joined a panel. The Orange Lesbian and Gay Association and Many Voices, One Community sponsored it. People: Mike Nelson Place: Chapel Hill High School · Also named: Susan JohnsonIn the index: Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · The Daily Tar Heel, January 28, 1994, p. 3 (Authors Promote Sexual Orientation in CHHS’ Multicultural Curriculum)
  2. Perry Deane Young writes a column for the Chapel Hill Herald Young, a Vietnam War correspondent and author, wrote a column for the Chapel Hill Herald from 1996 to 2003. Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · UNC Libraries: Perry Deane Young Papers, 1954-2004 (finding aid)

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