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UTEP honors first African-American studentlamet A. Smm%hAfter years of meetings, months of coordinating and weeks of careful planning, the Thelma White Network has finally seen the dreams and asptradons of many concerned FT Pasoans come to life.The TWN is dedicated to improving the quality of life of African-American students atthe University socially.adtolastically and culturally Thelma White was born00 Jan. 10, 1936. She graduated from Douglass High school In 1934 as the dais valedictorian In April of 1955 she fried a suit for the right to attendTexas Western College This was at the least an ambitious task In July of 1955. approxi mately 10 days before her casewas to go to the Supreme Court, admission was grantedby Texas Western College. The Supreme Court also ruled in her favor.Following in the footsteps of her mother. ChantreCamack undertook another herculean task in attempting to secure a headstone for her mother's then unmarked gravesite As the suit started with the writing of one document.so did the request for assis tancc in obtaining the head stone Both women achievedsuccess beyond their initialmm?“It Is wonderful to witness the outreach achievedfrom writing one letter, especially when I had never met Sue Pratt or University President Diana Natalicio.** Chantre Camack. Thelma White's daughter, said 'Let us not celebrate the achievements and forget the conditions of people who arc less fortunate and come to know life's bhics loo early..Sue Pratt of Levi Strauss, and Major Jcrommc Tilghman presided as co-masters-of-ceremony for the event and wereThelma/ page 244It was wonderful to witness the outreachachieved from writing one letter...Chantre Camack
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El Paso Prospector
El Paso, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 02, 1993
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