Racism Denied Auburn’s First Black Student a Master’s Degree. At 86, He Returned
Subject
Higher Education; Racism
Description
With his hair now salt-and-pepper gray, Harold A. Franklin wore a red-striped tie over an elegant black suit with a handkerchief tucked in the lapel as he walked across the campus of Auburn University.
Creator
DeNeen L. Brown
Source
Publisher
washingtonpost.com
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