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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > key people in African American education > Floyd McKissick
... > social science subjects > education > education studies > sociology of education > education in society and culture > multiculturalism and special populations > African American education > key people in African American education > Floyd McKissick

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Floyd McKissick  

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  • Floyd B. McKissick, the first African American to study law at the University of North Carolina, used his skills on behalf of desegregation and civil rights over a lifetime. An early member and the second national director of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), he later became an advocate of Black power. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; McKissick, Floyd]

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