文档介绍：University of Kentucky
The African American Presence from
1949 to the present
A student holds a pamphlet by Alvin C. Hanley, Director of Minority and Disadvantaged Recruitment. (1978)
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Pioneers
Recognized the need for change
In 1949 Lyman T. Johnson, paved the way for African American Students to enroll at the University of Kentucky
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments fort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lyman T. Johnson right, and Kentucky State University President R. B. Atwood, leave federal district court in Lexington, after the court ruled in favor of Johnson's admission to the University of Kentucky. (1949)
The first African Americans who were admitted to UK registered for graduate and professional classes. (1949)
Lyman T. Johnson (1906 - 1997) Lyman Tefft Johnson is best known as the plaintiff whose essful legal challenge opened the University of Kentucky to African–American Students in 1949.
Administrators
Encouraged African-American and other minorities by extending a helping hand.
Alvin C. Hanley, Director of Minority and Disadvantaged Recruitment. Hanley shakes hands with a student at Valley High School Louisville (1978)
Dr. John T. Smith one of the first African Americans to graduate from the University of Kentucky. Also one of the first African Americans to earn a Doctorate at the University of Kentucky. He served as director at munity College and was named the first Vice President of Minority Affairs (1975)