"Freedom of Speech...at What Cost? Join NCSU in Wearing Black to Blackout Racism"
Title
"Freedom of Speech...at What Cost? Join NCSU in Wearing Black to Blackout Racism"
Description
This image appeared in a news story about racist and homophobic graffiti that appeared in North Carolina State University's Free Expression Tunnel in 2010. The graffiti disparaged President Barack Obama after the 2010 mid-term elections in addition to other slurs. Students protested against the graffiti by blocking the entrance to the tunnel. The University later painted over the offensive language. A similar incident had occurred on campus two years prior when Barack Obama was elected. Both incidents received widespread media coverage and sparked debates about racism and free speech.
Creator
ABC-News 11: Raleigh-Durham/the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Source
ABC-News 11: Raleigh-Durham/the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), "Freedom of Speech...at What Cost? Join NCSU in Wearing Black to Blackout Racism," photograph, November 4, 2010, YouTube.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwip5oA3aLE (accessed November 22, 2014).
Date
2010-11-04
Contributor
Rose Buchanan
Original Format
photograph
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Citation
ABC-News 11: Raleigh-Durham/the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), “"Freedom of Speech...at What Cost? Join NCSU in Wearing Black to Blackout Racism",” The State of History, accessed December 28, 2024, https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/33244.