UMaine dedicates Beryl Warner Williams Hall to groundbreaking graduate
UMaine dedicates Beryl Warner Williams Hall to groundbreaking graduate
The UMaine honored one of its most groundbreaking graduates. The University dedicated Beryl Warner Williams Hall to a Black woman who was Bangor Native, Educator, and Civil Rights Leader. Her granddaughter Eve Williams Wilson is seen here performing poetry on the UMaine campus in Orono on Friday.
Friday was the dedication of Beryl Warner Williams Hall, named after the Bangor native who was the first Black student to earn a degree in mathematics from the university.
However, she was unable to teach in Maine due to her race, leading her across several other states as a professor, dean and civic leader.
Members of the Williams family were in attendance, including a poetry reading from Beryl Warner Williams’ granddaughter.
— See the coverage on www.wabi.tv/2023/04/28/umaine-dedicates-beryl-warner-williams-hall-groundbreaking-graduate/
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