This Day in the History of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
December
17,
1978
Karen Leslie Stevenson, a 22-year old history major from Washington, D.C., became the first African American female Rhodes Scholar. In addition, she was also the first African American female Morehead Scholar at the University.Top |
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