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Margaret E. Munday
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Margaret E. Munday of Auburn, Kentucky was the first African American undergraduate to enroll at Western Kentucky State College, now Western Kentucky University. She arrived on the Hill in 1956 and graduated in 1960 with a Bachelor's degree in music. After graduation she taught music and chorus in the Logan County School for more than 30 years. Miss Munday organized the youth choir in the Union District Baptist Association, which included 5 counties and 32 churches. She also served faithfully in her church, Macedonia Baptist of Auburn, Kentucky, beginning at the early age of 10 years old. Her legacy includes a number of awards and recognitions, including being honored in 1999 by the WKU Society of African American Alumni during their Spring Celebration, induction into the WKU Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 2012, and the renaming of Northeast Hall on WKU's campus as Munday Hall in her honor in 2021.
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