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Honoring and Remembering Wallace Reed Caradine, Jr.

By Kyle Kellams
Published March 11, 2022 at 1:02 PM CST
Wali Caradine, who received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1974, was the first African American graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.
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Wali Caradine, who received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1974, was the first African American graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.

The east entrance to Vol Walker Hall is now named in honor of Wallace Reed Caradine, the first African American graduate of what is now the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. Thursday morning a ceremony honoring him took place.

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Kyle Kellams
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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