How Dean Smith's Push For Civil Rights Transformed Chapel Hill

Posted Nov 30, 2016
Dean Smith is known as a legendary basketball coach at UNC. His teams won 879 games and two NCAA national championships. But one of Smith's most crowning achievements isn't instilled in a trophy. In 1967, Smith recruited basketball player Charlie Scott, the first African-American scholarship athlete at UNC. It was a seminal act for Smith and furthered his push for civil rights in the South. (WUNC)

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