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Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63

January 23, 2014Last updated February 11, 2014 by Paul Souder and Bonnie Price Lofton

One foggy morning in late summer of 1962, a 17-year-old native of Washington D.C. arrived on the campus of what was then Eastern Mennonite College not knowing a soul. Grandison ... read more about Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63

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