Terry Ward Cockerham (1947- ) graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in 1969 with a Bachelor's in Economics and Business Administration.<br><br>Cockerham recalls growing up in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, where she attended segregated schools. Her mother worked part-time for Winston Mutual Insurance and her father taught math. She talks about her reasons for attending UNCG, adjusting to dorm life, college academics, and the lack of social life on campus for black students. Cockerham also discusses her roommate Martha Jo Hightower (Class of 1969), being a member of the Neo-Black Society, dating a North Carolina A&T State University student who is now her husband, getting married the week after graduating, and moving all over the country due to her husband's career. She concludes the interview by giving her thoughts about attending an all-white school versus attending a historical black school.
