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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…

“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…

This March 3, 1969, article in The Technician describes a student and non-academic worker demonstration in defense of NC State's Physical Plant workers. Members of the Society of Afro-American Culture and its president, Eric Moore, played a large…

The Office of Civil Rights, a subset of HEW in charge of desegregating higher education, approved the revised N.C. State plan as long as North Carolina responded “promptly, effectively, and in good faith” in carrying out the new commitments. (2…

Letter From Peter Holmes, Office of Civil Rights Director, to NC Governor rejecting UNC system

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.

Founded in 1968, the Society of Afro-American Culture was a student led organization endorsed by NC State. The constitution defines the purpose of the organization and outlines its structure and administrative duties. (4 pages)

Sixty-three students founded the Society of Afro-American Culture at NC State in 1968. This document list the names of the charter members.

Signed by Arthur Lee, chairman of the Society of Afro-American Culture, this form letter welcomes African American students to NC State for a "Black Orientation program."

This letter from the Society of Afro-American Culture to Dean Banks Talley outlines African American students' critiques of university hiring practices, a lack of African American representation on campus committees, and low African American…