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Article "UR to Honor Dr. James With Degree"
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Article "UR to Honor Dr. James With Degree"
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This article, "UR to Honor Dr. James With Degree," was published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by an unnamed author on May 22, 1971. On June 7th, the University of Richmond awarded its first honorary degree to a black person, Dr. Allix B. James, who received a doctorate of laws. James was the president of Virginia Union University, a historically black institution of higher education. Five other people also received honorary degrees: President George M. Modlin; Judge Fred H. Caplan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; and Charles H. Ryland of Warsaw, a University of Richmond trustee; Reverend F. Lawson Pankey, Secretary of the Department of Teacher Training of the Virginia Baptist General Board; and Reverend Thomas W. Downing Jr., the pastor of the University Baptist Church.
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"UR to Honor Dr. James With Degree." Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, VA), May 22, 1971.
Publisher
The Richmond Times-Dispatch
Date
1971-05-22
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English
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Richmond (Va.)
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“Article "UR to Honor Dr. James With Degree",” University of Richmond Race & Racism Project, accessed May 22, 2025, https://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/1915.