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Auburn University to Present Honorary Degree to First Black Student
Magazine article from Black Issues in Higher Education,
Vol. 18, No. 7
Beginning of article
noteworthy news: Auburn University to Present Honorary Degree to First Black Student
AUBURN, ALA.
Harold A. Franklin, who in 1964 became the first African American student to enroll at Auburn University, returned to the campus earlier this month to receive an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the university during the spring commencement exercises.
The honorary degree completed a 37-year journey for the now-retired educator, whose admission to graduate study at Auburn marked the end of racial segregation of the university. He was selected for the honor by the AU Board of Trustees at the request of the university's faculty senate, the Auburn Black Student Caucus, …
