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SUMMARY:Rev. James Walker Jr. Portrait Unveiling
LOCATION:New West
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the unveiling of our portrait of Reverend James Wa
 lker Jr. on November 18th at 5:30pm at the Top West in the Dialectic Cham
 bers.\n\nLight refreshments will be served following the unveiling.\n\nMo
 re information on Reverend James Walker Jr can be found at this link or b
 elow: https://diphi.web.unc.edu/jwj-portrait/\n\n“James Walker\, Jr. was 
 born on February 25th\, 1924 in Ahoskie\, North Carolina to Ethel and Jam
 es Walker. He was the oldest of eight children\, and spent most of his ch
 ildhood in Statesville\, NC. Walker attended North Carolina Central Unive
 rsity from 1942 to 1943. In 1944 he enlisted in the army\, and proudly se
 rved on both fronts of World War II. He was honorably discharged from the
  army in 1947\, after which he re-enrolled at North Carolina Central\, gr
 aduating in 1948. After graduating\, he applied to the University of Nort
 h Carolina Law School\, where he was rejected on the basis of race.\n\nWa
 lker chose to attend North Carolina College at Durham Law School\, howeve
 r\, he eventually withdrew due to unequal treatment. After withdrawing fr
 om the North Carolina College at Durham he transferred to Boston Law Scho
 ol. While attending Boston Law School\, Walker was one of five plaintiffs
  in a case brought against UNC Law School for racial discrimination. They
  won their case\, and in 1952 Walker became one of the first five African
 -American men to attend UNC Law School (and the first five to attend any 
 UNC Chapel Hill school). While attending UNC\, Walker was integral in the
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