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  • Collection: Race & Space

Report of the Good Neighbor Council 1974-1975

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This report of the Good Neighbor Council's accomplishments and activities during the 1974-1975 school year covers the progress the council had made towards achieving higher black enrollment and black student engagement. The report also makes some…

Report of the University Good Neighbor Council 1969-1970

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This report of the Good Neighbor Council's accomplishments and activities during the 1969-1970 school year covers the progress the council had made towards achieving higher black enrollment and black student engagement. The report also makes some…

What's the Biggest Problem Facing NCSU's Blacks Today?

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This newspaper article in a special edition of The Technician interviewed black NCSU students on what challenges they face at the university. 

Students Go Against All Odds

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This newspaper article in a special edition of The Technician interviews the first black homecoming queen and black homecoming queen runner-up to be elected together. The interviewees discuss difficulties they faced and overcame as black homecoming…

Academics Serious Business for Senior Cornerback Taylor

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In a newspaper article in a special edition of The Technician, the author interviews a black football player about his academic experience and his experience as a black student athlete at NC State.

Basketball Player Cherishes Degree

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In a special edition of The Technician, this article interviews a black basketball player. The player discusses with the reporter how he values his education and his athletic experience for allowing him to attend NC State.

Conway: Perseverance, Key to Success

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In this article in a special edition of The Technician, a black alum discusses his experiences at NC State and the importance of perseverance.

Teacher Goes From Freshman to Doctor

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This article, in a special edition ofThe Technicianon black history at the university, a chemical engineer reflects on his difficulties at NC State and how he rose above them to become a successful PhD.

PP Employees Make Requests

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Black employees of NC State's Physical Plant division presented a list of 43 requests for changes to their working conditions and wages to Chancellor John T. Caldwell on March 18, 1969. The requests were submitted by the Grievance Committee of…

HEW Charges Discrimination

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In 1970, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) charged the Consolidated University of North Carolina with racial and gender discrimination in a number of administrative areas. Their chargesled to a ten-year negotiation between the…