In the fall of 1962, Benoit Nzengu, became the first Black student at Davidson College. Nzengu's enrollment, along with that of another Congolese student, began the period of racial integration at Davidson. In 1964, the first African-American students enrolled.
Ben Nzengu, the first Black student at Davidson (Congolese) (1962)
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