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1980s
My parents and grandparents always taught me that you need to understand your history in order to move forward. I'm grateful for those who came before me, because it set the pattern in motion for me to even want to be able to do things that maybe others told me I couldn't do.
— Lynette Kimble ('89)
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1983 — Joe Greene ('69) becomes the first African American appointed to the Board of Regents. When Margaret Lucas Jacobs takes the helm of the art department, she becomes the first African American faculty member to chair an academic department.
1985 — Joe Greene ('69) is the first African American named a Distinguished Alumnus. The men's basketball team names its first African American head coach, James "Jimmy" Gales.
1989 — Dennis Dunkins ('63) and Bob Ray Sanders ('69) become the first African American members of the Alumni Association board.
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