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'A civil rights pioneer' | Student who integrated UNC-Chapel Hill dies at 85

Ralph Frasier was the first Black student to attend UNC-Chapel Hill. The school said it will always remember him as a civil rights pioneer.
Credit: UNC

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — One of the first black students to go to UNC has died.

The school said Ralph Frasier passed away at 85.

He and his brother were among the first 3 black students to integrate the campus in 1955. He served in the army before getting a law degree.

The school said it will always remember him as a civil rights pioneer.

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