Commitment to equality of opportunity and racial integration is exhibited through the active recruitment and enrollment of a greater number of white students. History Founded in 1892, chartered by the state in 1897 as the Slater Industrial and State Normal School. Renamed Winston-Salem Teachers College in 1925 and became first black institution in the United States to grant degrees in elementary teacher education. Name changed to Winston-Salem State University in 1969. Merged into the University of North Carolina in 1972.
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