Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
4-24-2023
Abstract
Carolyn Jean Green and the late Gustine Blevins, who in 1966 became the first African American graduates in Ouachita’s history, were celebrated Nov. 12 when the Green-Blevins Rotunda was dedicated in their honor.
The community-wide service and reception brought a standing-room-only crowd of students, faculty, staff and visitors to the refurbished rotunda in McClellan Hall at 10 a.m. for a program featuring guest speakers Green and Dr. LaJuan Martin, Blevins’ son.
“I have felt like I’m truly coming home,” said Green, the first Black student to live in a Ouachita dorm and pledge a social club, options she didn’t have at the institution where she began her studies. “I know life can have us go in several directions – take us left instead of right and down instead of up – but by the grace of God, I was able to stay the course.”
Recommended Citation
Lawson, Felley and Office of Communications & Marketing, "Honoring firsts (Green-Blevins Rotunda dedication to Ouachita's first African American graduates)" (2023). Press Releases. 1355.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/press_releases/1355
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