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John Semonche

Professor Emeritus
CB #3195
semche@email.unc.edu




Personal Website

Education

MA Northwestern University, 1955
PhD Northwestern University, 1962
LLB Duke University, 1967

Research Interests

Professor Semonche specializes in American legal and constitutional history. His research focus has been the United States Supreme Court.


Some Notable Publications


554A Pauli Murray Hall*
102 Emerson Dr., CB #3195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195

*Though the History Department uses the name Pauli Murray Hall for our building, on official maps you will find it as Hamilton Hall. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton’s intellectually dishonest historical and archival work promoted white supremacy. In contrast, Pauli Murray marshaled unassailable evidence and analysis in the service of racial and gender equality. In July 2020, all of the departments housed in the building agreed to adopt the name Pauli Murray Hall in place of Hamilton Hall. An official request with the Chancellor is pending. For more information, please see here.
phone: 919.962.2115
fax: 919.962.1403
email: history@unc.edu
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