Irene Cooper Harrington (1945- ) graduated in 1968 with an English degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) and returned for a Master of Arts in Education Administration, graduating in 1979. After college, she worked at Wachovia Bank, Guilford Technical Institute, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, Bennett College, and Guilford College.<BR><BR>Harrington talks about her family life in segregated Henderson, North Carolina; favorite subjects in high school; and her decision to attend UNCG instead of a historically black university. She recalls the delay coming to the university until January 1964 because she had to work to earn money for college expenses, missing out on the freshman experience, and adjusting to life at a predominately white institution. Harrington mentions her roommates: Yvonne Cheek (Class of 1967), Suezette Brown Roney (Class of 1967), Alice Garrett Brown (Class of 1965), and Paulette Jones Robinson (Class of 1966). She discusses academics and prejudice on campus, being the only black student in all her classes, and her social life at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University. Harrington talks about attending UNCG as a graduate student in the late 1970s and comparing that experience with her undergraduate experience. She concludes the interview by talking about the influence UNCG had on her life.XXXX7098
