Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1956, i whakatūria a Willa Beatrice Player ki te Bennett College, hei tumuaki wahine tuatahi o Awherika-Amerika o tētahi whare wānanga wha-tau o ngā pūkenga ā-iwi. I whakatenatena ia i ana akonga kia noho kaha ki nga take o te ra. I te tīmatanga o te tau 1960, i whai wāhi ngā ākonga o Bennett ki te pakanga angitu i Greensboro ki te whakauru i ngā kaute kai ma
i ngā toa toa ā-rohe. I whakawhānuihia e te whare wānanga ana whakahere mātauranga me nga akomanga e pa ana ki te kaiarahi wahine.