BLACKS
From Knob Knowledge
The first black to graduate from The Citadel was Charles D. Foster, class of 1970, who died in 1986.
Joseph D. Shine, Class of 1971, was the second black to graduate from The Citadel, and died in 2003. He was also a graduate of the Harvard Law School, an attorney for the General Services Administration, and the Assistant Solicitor for Charleston County, counsel with the South Carolina Budget and Control Board.
The first seven African American women graduated as members of the Corps of Cadets in 2002 were: Toshika Hudson, Lesjanusar "Sha" Peterson, Geneive Hardney, Renee Hypolite, Natosha Mitchell, Jamey McCloud and Adrienne Watson.
The first African American full-time professor was Capt. Marlene O'Bryant-Seabrook, who joined the faculty in 1975 and taught in the Education Department.
The second black full-time professor was LTC Sherman Pyatt, who was on the faculty of Daniel Library and served as Acting Library Director.
COL John R. Douglas, Citadel Class of 1992, was a football star who was NCAA 1-AA all-time leading rushing quarterback. He made a career in mortgage banking in Columbia, South Carolina, and in 2004 became a member of the Board of Visitors.
(Sources include: Alexander S. Macaulay, Jr., "Black, White, and Gray: The Desegregation of The Citadel, 1963-1973," in: Winfred B. Moore, Jr., Kyle S. Sinisi, and David H. White, Jr., eds., Warm Ashes: Issues in Southern History at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century, pp. 320-336. F208.2 .C58 2000; Allison L. Bruce, "Seven Cadets the First Black Women to Graduate," Post and Courier, May 9, 2002, pp. 1A, 17A; Wevonneda Minis, "Joseph Dawson Shine," Post and Courier, April 20, 2002, p. 1F; Citadel Web site, Board of Visitors page; The Sphinx 1976, p. 44; and The Sphinx, 1977) (HN & DH)
