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The decision to allow black students access to the first floor of the print shop for the development of a cultural center was made official Monday in a letter from Banks C. Talley, Dean of Student Affairs. The letter addressed to Don Bell, president…

A weekend conference between black and white student leaders and University Officials has drawn both criticism and praise from those involved. The conference, held at Quail Roose, near Durham, was sponsored by the Department of Student Development to…

Assistant Director of Admissions at North Carolina State College, Frank H. Spain sent this letter to a perspective African American student to inform him that his application had been reviewed. Spain indicated that, if the student kept his grades up,…

In this letter, Chancellor Bostian informed an inquiring student that NC State College did not accept African Americans into its undergraduate programs and that this policy was unlikely to change during the next school year. Bostian recommended that…

Chancellor Bostian wrote this letter to inform North Carolina Attorney General William Rodman, Jr. that NC State College had received two applications from African American students. Bostian expressed his belief that the university was required to…

This is a draft of a letter from NC State Chancellor Carey Bostian to University of North Carolina President Gordon Gray dated June 6, 1955. The letter supported Gray's calls for UNC schools to send form letters to African American students,…

May 31, 1955

Mr. Gordon Gray, President
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dear Mr. Gray:

I would like to submit the folloll1ng letter as a suggestion for communicating with Negro applicants:

"Dear Mr.…

Approximately 50 black students attended the Chancellor’s Liaison Committee meeting yesterday afternoon and requested a private meeting afterwards with Caldwell to air problems facing black students. Don Bell, president of the Society of…