On Sept. 1, 1963, Mary Mitchell Harris, Gene Kendall, Cassandra Smith Rush, Nathaniel White and Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke made history when they became the first African Americans to integrate the school’s undergraduate program.

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On Sept. 1, 1963, Mary Mitchell Harris, Gene Kendall, Cassandra Smith Rush, Nathaniel White and Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke made history when they became the first African Americans to integrate the school’s undergraduate program.