Co-written/produced with Tyler Davis. Western Carolina University’s newest dorm, Levern Hamlin Allen Hall, is almost finished. The new residence hall is projected to be completed and have its first tenants in the fall of 2019. The Levern Hamlin Allen Hall is between Judaculla and Brown. In the summer of 1957, Levern Allen was the first African-American student […]
New dorm is opening in Fall 2019
May 6, 2019 by Patrick Clemons
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Levern Hamlin Allen: Western Carolina University trailblazer
January 2, 2014 by Tyana Johnson
The year was 1957 – the landmark Board vs. Brown was just passed making racial segregation in public places like schools, universities, restaurants, restrooms and transportation illegal. That summer a 23-year-old African-American woman, Levern Allen, attended Western Carolina University, making her the first black to not only attend WCU, but any North Carolina state college. Her […]
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