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  • Collection: Crossing the Color Line

"UNC Board approved Vet School for NCSU," December 19, 1974

UNC Board approved Vet School for NCSU, Dec. 19, 1974..pdf
The Board of Governors approved the location of the Vet School at NCSU and a “related activity at NCA&T on Dec. 19, 1974. Julius Chambers, one of the four African-American board members, attempted to delay the vote until a plan for NCA&T was…

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"HEW backed off Vet School," October 3, 1975

HEW backed off Vet School, Shirley Elder.pdf
After a meeting between representatives of the UNC system and the department of HEW on Oct. 3, 1975, the HEW officials agreed to stop threatening federal funds and allow the vet school to be located at NCSU.

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Summary of N.C. State Plan, February 1974

Summary of N.C. State Plan, February 1974.pdf
The redrafted desegregation plan announced system wide desegregation but contested the notion that black and white institution received different amounts of funding. The plan urged the OCR to abandon their focus on numbers. Instead the plan focused…

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"A Black Perspective" Pamphlet, 1981

Black Student Perspective Pamphlet, 1981.pdf
“The North Carolina State University A Black Perspective” brochure was produced in 1981 as part of the campus recruitment tool for minority students. The brochure highlights predominately black clubs and organizations as well as including…

Peter Holmes to Governor James Holshouser, November 13, 1973

Peter Holmes to Governor James Holshouser, Nov. 13, 1973.jpg
Letter From Peter Holmes, Office of Civil Rights Director, to NC Governor rejecting UNC system

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N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition to Board of Trustees, July 24, 1981

N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition to Board of Trustees, July 24, 1981.pdf
The N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition (NCAFC), was established in 1973 after the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP encouraged the formation of an in-state lobbying group composed of alumni from historically black colleges. In a letter addressed to…

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Memorandum by William Friday, August 5, 1981

Memorandum by William Friday, Aug. 5, 1981.pdf
William Friday outlined the requirements of the consent decree in a memo to all the Chancellors of the UNC system. In the memo he highlighted the need to increase enrollment of black students and further develop historically black colleges and…

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Consent Decree, July 17, 1981

Consent Decree, July 17, 1981.pdf
F.T Dupree, a U.S. District Court Judge, oversaw the litigation process between the UNC system and the Department of Education (the department that replaced HEW). Judge Dupree ruled on July 17, 1981 that the courts and not the Department of Education…

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N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition (Black Perspective) to Board of Trustees, February 1974

N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition (Black Perspective) to Board of Trustees, Feb. 1974.pdf
The N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition (NCAFC), was established in 1973 after the Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP encouraged the formation of an in-state lobbying group composed of alumni from historically black colleges. In the NCAFC’s…

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Memorandum by Chancellor John Harrelson, June 20, 1951

Memorandum by Chancellor John Harrelson, June 20, 1951.jpg
This memo contains a copy of a resolution passed by the University Board of Trustees on April 4, 1951 concerning the admission of African American graduate students. The Board resolved that only students applying for programs not available at…