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  • Collection: Race & Space

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.

Affirmative Action Officer Discusses Raleigh's Housing Crisis

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Affirmative Action Officer, Lawrence Clark, met with the Good Neighbor Council to discuss the most pressing crises in racial discrimination. Clark believed the greatest threat to equality was not violence, bu the mundane. Simple issues such as real…

African American Students on Campus

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

African Americans in Engineering Conference

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This photograph of dozens of African American students at an engineering conference was taken sometime between 1970 and 1979. The photograph demonstrates the growing number of black students at NC State and the university's efforts to recruit black…

Al Heartley

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First African American to receive a basketball scholarship at North Carolina State University.

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.

Black Enrollment Increase -Hire African American Coach

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1971 Article in the Technician about the hiring of the first Negro Coach ---Athletic Director Willis Casey.