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Old Town Rock Hill, South Carolina

Winthrop's Black
Pioneers

Arnetta Gladden, Sue Frances Meriwether Steed, Delores Johnson Hurt

Undergraduate students Arnetta Gladden Mackey ‘67, Sue Frances Meriwether Steed ’67 and Delores Johnson Hurt ’68 along with graduate student Cynthia Roddey Plair ’67 (2019 honoree) broke barriers of segregation with their 1964 enrollment at Winthrop. 

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