Beech, Harvey E., 1923-

Authoritative Name:

Beech, Harvey E., 1923-

Biography:

Harvey E. Beech grew up in Kinston, North Carolina, the youngest of five children. He attended Harris Barber College in Raleigh, North Carolina, and later Morehouse College, in Atlanta, Georgia. In the early 1950s, Thurgood Marshall asked Beech to join a pending case against the University of North Carolina School of Law. Beech joined the case, along with J. Kenneth Lee. In 1951, Beech and Lee, along with James Lassiter, Floyd McKissick, and James Walker, became the first African American students to enroll at the UNC law school.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

Associated Subjects:

Beech, Harvey E., 1923-

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

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Oral history interview with Harvey E. Beech, September 25, 1996

Creator:

Beech, Harvey E., 1923-

Date of Original:

1996-09-25

Collection:

Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement

Contributing Institution:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)