NYTimes.com: A College Degree, 55 Years and an Era in the Making

EDUCATION   | May 14, 2011
A College Degree, 55 Years and an Era in the Making
By TAMAR LEWIN
In 1956, Burlyce Sherrell Logan was one of the first black students at the University of North Texas. She dropped out amid the turmoil of the civil rights era on campus, but returned decades later.