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  • Collection: Race & Space

Cynthia Steele

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First Female Basketball Team

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In 1974, North Carolina State establishes its first women's basketball team. Gwen Jenkins and Cynthia Stelle become the first African-American women to play basketball.

First African Americans Receive Football Scholarship

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First Black Basketball Recruit

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Basketball 1965

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Basketball 1963

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Defensive Violence is Justified

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Dr. Howard Fuller was first introduced to the Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina as a member of the Urban league and community organizer. In the late 1960s, Fuller participated in the Black Power movement and founded the Malcolm X Liberation…

Good Neighbor Council Accuses YMCA

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Irwin Holmes

First African American to captain athletic team

Oral Interview Al Heartley