Atkins High Graduate Looks Back 50 Years

James McCorkle

In the Thursday Oct. 4 issue of The Chronicle, reporter Layla Garms writes about the 50th anniversary of James McCorkle becoming the first African-American student at Guilford College.

McCorkle graduated from Atkins High School, where he was a National Merit Scholar and the president of the Student Council. He graduated from Guilford in 1966.

Garms also took the photographs. For the full story, go to The Chronicle