Barrier breakers from the 1970s
FIRST ROW, left to right: Rosalind Johnson; Alma
Jean Washington; Susie Square; James Kelly. SECOND ROW: Charles
(Chuck) Beatty; Quincy Ollison; Alton Thibodeaux; and Dr. Herman
Totten.
1970, first African American students in Mortar
Board
- Dr. Jacqueline
Hill Brown
- Kathryn Haley
Flangin
1971, Ernest John Milam, Jr.,
first African American executive foreman of custodial services
(honored posthumously)
1973, Susie Square, first African
American president of the Panhellenic Association
1973, Alma Jean Washington, first
African American Student Health and Wellness Center nurse
1973, Rosalind Johnson, first African American
NT Homecoming Queen
1974, Quincy Ollison, first African
American NT Student Government Association president
1976, Alton Thibodeaux, first
African American equal opportunity officer at NT
1977, Dr. Herman Totten, first African American
Associate Dean at NT
