Fifty Years Diversity

09/28/2015

http://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2015/09/harold-franklin-honored-at-unveiling-of-marker-commemorating-1964-desegregation-of-auburn-university.htm

09/25/2015

http://wrbl.com/2015/09/24/au-honors-first-african-american-student/

Dr. Harold Franklin became the first African American student at Auburn University in 1964, marking the beginning of desegregation of the university. Thursday, a marker was unveiled in his honor. D...

09/25/2015

Historical marker unveiled yesterday (September 24, 2015) on the campus of Auburn University to recognize the enrollment of Dr. Harold A. Franklin as the first African-American Student to enroll at the University on January 4, 1964.

09/25/2015

09/25/2015

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/09/unseen_vintage_photos_of_first.html

As Auburn welcomes Harold Franklin for the unveiling of a historical marker commemorating the university's desegregation, previously unpublished photos reveal the chilly scene on Jan. 4, 1964.

09/13/2015

02/18/2015

01/16/2015

http://www.oanow.com/news/auburn/article_9ba3dbbc-9c46-11e4-8690-e7e6b976d3ef.html #.VLfrMG0nctw.facebook

Auburn University will host a week-long tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday through Friday, Jan. 19-23, to commemorate the late civil rights icon’s life and legacy.

09/27/2014

Continuing in our History-Making Miss Homecomings series, we pay tribute to the lovely Love Scales, whom in addition to having one of the most awesome homecoming queen names ever (her full name was actually even cooler: Loventrice), was also Auburn’s first black Miss Homecoming candidate. She was a…

09/15/2014

http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/opce/quietcourage/

The film will premier November 10, 2014 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. Ticket purchase available online.

James Owens, Auburn University’s first African American scholarship football player, enrolled at Auburn University in 1969. Quiet Courage © is the untold story of the football pioneer, the husband and father, and the man. Highly recruited and celebrated, 63 colleges pursued his talents. All State in…

07/10/2014

Auburn University's Living Democracy student Lowery McNeal was cast as an extra in the "Selma" movie this summer. Read about her experience on the Living Democracy blog.

This past week, I stood in front of Alabama’s Capitol building and listened to Martin Luther King Jr. deliver a roaring speech on voting rights. Women with beehive hairdos and cat-eye glasses and men sporting skinny ties and penny loafers surrounded me. Anyone would have believed it was 1965 all ov…

06/19/2014

Hosts Adam Clayton and Jim Patton return with Episode No. 11 of Auburn Unleashed. This week's guest is James Owens. James was the first American-American football player at Auburn University and is...