Parker, Karen L.
The first African-American woman undergraduate to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Karen L. Parker was born in Salisbury, N.C., and grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C. Parker worked for the Winston-Salem Journal before attending UNC-Chapel Hill. She majored in journalism and was elected vice-president of the UNC Press Club and served as editor of the UNC Journalist, the School of Journalism's newspaper, in 1964. After graduating in 1965, Parker was a copy editor for the Grand Rapids Press in Grand Rapids, Mich. She has also worked for the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before returning to the Winston-Salem Journal . Ellyn Bache used Parker's diary when conducting research for her 1997 novel The Activist's Daughter about student activists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963.
From the guide to the Karen L. Parker Diary, Letter, and Clippings, 1963-1966, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)
The first African-American woman undergraduate to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Karen L. Parker was born in Salisbury, N.C., and grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C. Parker worked for the Winston-Salem Journal before attending UNC-Chapel Hill. She majored in journalism and was elected vice-president of the UNC Press Club and served as editor of the UNC Journalist, the School of Journalism's newspaper, in 1964. After graduating in 1965, Parker was a copy editor for the Grand Rapids Press in Grand Rapids, Mich. She also worked for the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers before returning to the Winston-Salem Journal.
From the description of Karen L. Parker diary, letter, and clippings, 1963-1966. WorldCat record id: 69679342
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| referencedIn | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Records of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 2002-2006. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Parker, Karen L. Karen L. Parker diary, letter, and clippings, 1963-1966. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| creatorOf | Karen L. Parker Diary, Letter, and Clippings, 1963-1966 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection |
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| associatedWith | Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987. | person |
| associatedWith | Carmichael, Katherine Kennedy, 1912-1982. | person |
| associatedWith | Congress of Racial Equality. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 | person |
| associatedWith | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Journalism and Mass Communication. | corporateBody |
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| African American college students |
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| African American women journalists |
| Civil rights demonstrations |
| Civil rights movement |
| Education, Higher |
| Segregation in higher education |
| Student movements |
| Women college students |
| Women college students |
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Active 1963
Active 1966
