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The excerpted transcription highlights sections of page 1 and 2. See the PDF for the full document. p. 1: "Enrollment increased substantially in the freshman class, rising from 111 in 1959 to 170 in 1960. More than 200 active applicants have been…

This is a photograph of Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and later known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm X was an African-American minister and human rights activist during the 1950s and early 1960s. He was the leader and public face of the Nation…

This image, taken in 2004, reveals both the proximity of NC State to Downtown Raleigh and the tremendous growth Raleigh has experienced in the past 50 years.

This is a photograph album created ca. 1925 by Emily Ada Smith. Smith was approximately fourteen years old at the time. This item contains 25 photographs, all from the early 1920s. There are no captions or labels.

The David Duke campaign, the Bush inspired quota scare, and of course, the ever popular “anti-PC” movement compromise the current backlash against enlightened thinking. These three seemingly separate events are actually inter-connected in…

Richard Nixon in a press report explaining the necessity of invading Cambodia, April 31, 1970.

This photograph is of Magic Johnson, a retired professional basketball player and present-day businessman, philanthropist, and motivational speaker. Johnson played for the Los Angeles Lakers for thirteen seasons (1979-1991), and was a member of the…

This is a panoramic photograph of city skyline of Houston, Texas, in 1911. When compared to other photographs of Houston from earlier and later dates, this shows the change that the downtown center of the city went through over time.

F.T Dupree, a U.S. District Court Judge, oversaw the litigation process between the UNC system and the Department of Education (the department that replaced HEW). Judge Dupree ruled on July 17, 1981 that the courts and not the Department of Education…

In this likely controversial piece, the author compares the student to the "nigger." His philosophical piece argues that the establishment is keeping down the student in much the same way white racists have kept down black Americans.