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  • Collection: Race & Space

Student Working on Project

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This photograph, taken in the early 1980s, contains a black male student working on a project of some sort.

82nd Airborne marching on Hillsborough Street during demonstration following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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This photograph, taken shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., is a bit of a puzzle. The 82nd Airborne, as active troops, were not allowed to carry weapons against American citizens. Therefore, likely, the troops were marching in…

Student in Lab

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This photograph is of a black male student in a laboratory on NC State's campus. It was taken sometime in the 1970s.

African American Students on Campus

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In this photograph, four black students pose in the brickyard, circa 1970.

Homecoming Queen Mary Evelyn Porterfield with escort Michael Brown and Alumni Affairs director Bryce Younts

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In this photo, NC State's first black homecoming queen poses for a picture with her escort. The picture was taken sometime in 1970, likely in the autumn.

Letter from Chancellor John T. Caldwell to President William Friday Concerning HEW Expectations

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This letter from Chancellor John T. Caldwell to Consolidated UNC President William Friday outlines Caldwell's concerns that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's expectations to change the racial and gender composition of NC State were…

Blacks Demonstrate at Capital

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After four maids were fired from NC State's Physical Plant division, demonstrators gathered at the State Capital to show their support. As the protests by NC State's employees continued throughout the spring of 1969, their working conditions and…