As a result, Woman’s College was renamed the “University of North Carolina at Greensboro”, and the University of North Carolina became the “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”In 1955, UNC Chapel Hill officially desegregated its undergraduate divisions. During World War II, UNC Chapel Hill was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission. During the 1960s, the campus was the location of significant political protest. Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protests about local racial segregation which began quietly in Franklin Street restaurants led to mass demonstrations and disturbance.
ក្នុងកំឡុងពេលសង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី II, UNC Chapel Hill was one of 131 មហាវិទ្យាល័យនិងសាកលវិទ្យាល័យជាតិដែលបានចូលរួមនៅក្នុងការ V-12 របស់កងទ័ពជើងទឹកកម្មវិធីបណ្តុះបណ្តាលមហាវិទ្យាល័យដែលផ្តល់ជូនសិស្សនិស្សិតផ្លូវមួយទៅជាមួយគណៈកម្មាការកងទ័ពជើងទឹក.