Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina system, adopted May 23, 1955

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Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina system, adopted May 23, 1955

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On May 23, 1955, the Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina adopted this resolution, which stated that the three universities would not accept African American students.

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Board of Trustees

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Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina system,

Date

1955-05-23

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report

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ccl023

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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MAY 23, 1955

The State of North Caroling having spent millions of dollars in providing adequate and equal educational facilities in the undergraduate departments of its institutions of higher learning for all races, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Board of Trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina that applications of Negroes to the undergraduate schools at the three branches of the Consolidated University not be accepted.

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Board of Trustees, “Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina system, adopted May 23, 1955,” The State of History, accessed March 29, 2024, https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/261.