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- Collection: Activists and Authorities: the May 1970 Protests at North Carolina State University
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Chancellor's Office Taken Over; Students Hold Official Hostage
Chancellor's Office Taken Over; Students Hold Official Hostage
Campus Leaders Call Convocation--Debating Cambodia
To Debate Cambodia Situation, Campus Leaders Call Convocation
"Chancellor Requests Students to Attend Class"
Located on the first page of The Technician, this article consisted of Chancellor John Caldwell's personal plea to students to continue attending classes over the course of the Peace Retreat. Although Caldwell supported the political involvement of…
Peace Retreat March on Raleigh, May 1970
Large scale protests swept NC State in May 1970. Angry at Governor Norris for his support of President Nixon's invasion of Cambodia some 6,000 students marched on Raleigh hoping to force the Governor to recant. Though unsuccessful this was the most…
An American University
John Tyler Caldwell gave this speech in 1964 during which he spoke to the role of the western university in society in connection with international issues. Caldwell was the chancellor of NC State from 1959-1975. Under his administration, State…
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N.C. Alumni and Friends Coalition (Black Perspective) to Board of Trustees, February 1974
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…