PRESERVING HISTORY…

At NC A&T University, Greensboro, North Carolina, Scott Hall dormitory opened in 1951 as one of the largest student dormitories in the nation. In May of 1969 a riot began at neighboring Dudley High School after a disputed student government election. The riot made its way to the A&T campus where an A&T student was shot dead, police were wounded in an ambush and the National Guard was called. The riot continued into the next day. Frightened students huddled in Scott Hall and the National Guard soldiers were ordered to open fire on the building. It is claimed that the brick walls of Scott Hall saved the students huddled inside from the rifle fire. Several generations of Aggies hold strong memories of that event.

N.C. Monroe Construction Company, the general trades contractor for the NC A&T residence dormitories replacing Scott Hall, undertook the task of removing five 4-by-6 foot sections of the bullet marked wall. The rectangular sections of wall containing the historical bullet holes were carefully cut and lifted from the Scott Hall walls by N.C. Monroe Construction Company workers prior to building demolition.

According to NC A&T officials, the sections removed will be used to create a memorial to those who suffered in the Scott Hall riot of 1969.