J. Kenneth Lee, former student whose lawsuit helped desegregate the University, dies at 94

Posted Jul 28, 2018
J. Kenneth Lee, one of four African-American students who joined a lawsuit that led to the desegregation of the UNC School of Law, has died at age 94..Lee was part of the lawsuit filed in 1949. He and the other plaintiffs were represented by Thurgood Marshall, then director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and later associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. (UNC.edu)

Related: Campus Connections

Remembering Carl Boettcher, UNC carver and WWI emigre
Pieces of UNC’s history remain throughout campus, and some were created by a man who came to the United States for a better life. A...
Fri Apr 25, 2025

Chansky’s Notebook: Wide World of Sports
Jim Lampley’s memoir is out, and it really did happen. We had the official launch party Tuesday night at the Chapel Hill Country Club for...
Wed Apr 23, 2025

Spring at Carolina
Spring is in the air at the University of North Carolina, and the warmer temperatures bring plenty of favorite University traditions. Nothing feels more like...
Tue Apr 22, 2025

Sonja Haynes Stone’s legacy lives on at UNC's Stone Center
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History aims to raise awareness of and appreciation for Black culture as one of...
Mon Apr 21, 2025