CMU School of Drama


Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Making amends: CMU lauds famed black artist 76 years after it denied her admittance

Post Gazette: "The school had awarded the budding artist a scholarship and she had traveled from her hometown of Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh to pursue her passion. However, when university officials saw that she was African American -- 'colored' in those days -- they denied her admittance."

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