Wesley Cornelious McClure

Biography

Wesley Cornelious McClure (1942 – December 6, 2013) was an American civil rights activist and academic administrator. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, he was one of the "Freshman Four", a group of students at Lane College, who staged a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson in 1960, protesting racial segregation. He went on to lead three prominent historically black colleges and universities over the course of his academic career.

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