Crossing the Color Line | Links
For more information about integration and desegregation at NC State and other universities, please consult the links posted below.
Sites related to African American history at NC State
Historical State: History in Red and White
Historical State is an access point to resources held by NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center. Throughout this site, users will find historical time lines, interesting facts about university history, and thousands of unique photographs. The Special Collections website also provides lists of published resources on university history, University Archives collections guides, and procedures for viewing these materials in the Special Collections reading room of the DH Hill Library.
Created by NCSU Libraries, Red, White & Black is a mobile web app that allows users to employ their smart phones and other mobile devices to embark on a self-guided walking tour that highlights the rich history of African Americans at NC State.
NCSU Multicultural African American Student Affairs
The Office of African American Student Affairs (AASA) researches, designs and implements unique programs that promote the pursuit of academic success, retention and graduation of students, with an emphasis on African American students.
50th Anniversary of African American Undergraduates
The Office of African American Student Affairs (AASA) created materials for the 50th Anniversary of African American Undergraduates at NCSU.
Sites about integration and desegregation in North Carolina
Southern Historical Collection at The Wilson Library
The Southern Historical Collection (SHC) is a vast collection of primary documents, such as diaries, journals, letters, correspondence, photographs, maps, drawings, ledgers, oral histories, moving images, albums, scrapbooks, and literary manuscripts.
The Southern Oral History Program
The Southern Oral History Program contains over 500 oral histories, with a particular research interest in desegregation in public schools.
The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History
African Americans and Integration in The Carolina Story provides users access to photos and interviews that highlight the history of African Americans at UNC.
A Change is Gonna Come: Black, Indian, and White Voices for Racial Equality
NC Museum of History's online exhibit contains resources from the museum's collections related to racial equity.
Other sites
"With an Even Hand:" Brown v. Board at Fifty
An exhibit sponsored by the Library of Congress, "With an Even Hand:" Brown v. Board at Fifty provides visitors access to primary documents and essays related to the desegregation of education following the Brown vs. Board decision.
Separate is not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education
This site also explores the legacy of Brown vs. Board of Education. Created by the National Museum of American History, Separate is not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education discusses the history of African American education from the 1890s to the integration of schools in the 1960s and 1970s
Integrating the Life of the Mind: African Americans at the University of Chicago, 1870-1940
Integrating the Life of the Mind: African Americans at the University of Chicago, 1870-1940 explores the integration of the University of Chicago. This online exhibit is sponsored by the University of Chicago's Special Collections Research Center and provides users access to many documents in their collection.
Brown vs. Board of Education: Virginia Responds
This website is sponsored by the Library of Virginia and is an online version of a physical exhibit displayed in 2004. The exhibit explores the Virginia school system's reaction (resistance) to Brown vs. Board.
Segregation Through the Lens: African American Schools in Mississippi before Integration
As the title alludes, Segregation Through the Lens: African American Schools in Mississippi before Integration provides visitors access to a variety of photograph collections exploring African American schools, including Mississippi Industrial College, prior to desegregation.
Visit Exhibits in Crossing the Color Line.