Hortense McClinton was hired by UNC's School of Social Work in 1966 as the university's first Black faculty member.
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- A First Black Professor Remembers Her Segregated Education (6 min)
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, May 18, 201410:28
- Hortense McClinton, first Black faculty member at Carolina
The Well, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Naming University Facilities and Units, Friday, December 3rd, 2021
- Hortense McClinton Building Dedication
May 13, 2022
- Hortense McClinton Legacy Dinner May 14, 2022 (1 min)
Members of Mrs. McClinton's Delta Sigma Theta Sorority serenaded her with the chapter's anthem.
- Hortense McClinton Legacy Scholarship
To support students who exemplify Mrs. McClinton's pioneering spirit, including students who are the first in their families to attain a graduate education, those with a desire to focus on community-building, and those who have an established history of work or public service that has directly benefited those who have been previously marginalized.
- Hortense McClinton — Paving the Way for Tomorrow's Trailblazers (7:17)
During her nearly 20 years of service at UNC School of Social Work, Mrs. McClinton supported the development of her students by sharing with them the knowledge and skills needed to practice as social workers without racial and cultural bias.
- Interview with the Southern Oral History Program (13 min)
Interview number B-0087. Interviewed by Katie Womble, 18 April 2015. Includes transcript.
- John W. McClinton and wife Hortense McClinton
Duke University Libraries Exhibits
- NASW Pioneers Biography Index
National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASW) Pioneers are social workers who have explored new territories and built outposts for human services on many frontiers.
- Voices of UNC Female Faculty: Then and Now
From Interview with Hortense McClinton by Joey Fink, March 15 2011. L-0340, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/sohp/id/7763/rec/1 (8:37)