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Clarence Gale's sports column describes a student meeting held to dispel rumors about the football team. Gale encourages the student body to rally as one behind the team.

This image shows Dorothea Dix, an influential woman in the creation of a North Carolina facility for the mentally ill in 1851.

William “Bill” Friday served as president of the UNC system from 1957-1986. Friday has 25 interviews as part of the Southern Oral History Program. In this interview, he discusses the UNC system’s interaction with HEW. Friday suggests the HEW…

Raymond Dawson became the Vice-President of Academic Affairs for the University of North Carolina during the 1970s. Raymond Dawson has seven interviews, which are available through the Southern Oral History Program. In this interview, he talks about…

William “Bill” Friday served as president of the UNC system from 1957-1986. Friday has 25 interviews as part of the Southern Oral History Program. In this interview, Friday talks about being very involved in the Vet School debate and the problem…

Peter Holmes became the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in 1973 and held the position until 1975. In this interview, he describes the 1975 negotiations with North Carolina over the veterinarian school. He felt that placing the Vet…

Julius Chambers, was a member of the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors from 1972 as a representative of his alma mater, North Carolina Central University. In 1977 he resigned out of protest over the Board’s handling of…

Joseph Califano served as the Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) from 1977 to 1979. In this interview, he explains HEW’s strategy for integration involved strategically placing programs on either…

Peter Holmes became the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in 1973 and held the position until 1975. In this interview, he talked about black college Presidents visiting Nixon over their concerns that changing the racial composition of…

Julius Chambers, was a member of the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors from 1972 as a representative of his alma mater, North Carolina Central University. In 1977 he resigned out of protest over the Boards handling of desegregation.…