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Desegregation—Integration
Henrie Dobbins Monteith Treadwell

“Henrie was in my English class and taught by a truly great, and demanding professor, Dr.

At first, the students were nervous; most had never been in a classroom with a person of color. But after a few weeks, all of us became more concerned about our papers and quizzes and quickly overcame any overt concerns about  her being in the class. We were all just trying to survive.”Thorne Compton

Henrie Monteith Treadwell attended school in Columbia through the eighth grade and completed her secondary education in Virginia.

After first being denied admission to USC in , she enrolled at Notre Dame College in Baltimore, MD. She was graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.A. in biology and received an M.A. in b