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1915 girls club, tomato club booklet by Peterson, Annie Laura

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This booklet was written by Annie Laura Peterson, a member of a North Carolina tomato club. Within the booklet, she reflected and described her experiences with the club.

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1960s NCSU Aerial View

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NCSU was just one piece of a complex greater community. Pictured is the NCSU campus in 1969. One can see the stark contrast between the busting campus center and the quiet, predominantly black community of Oberlin Village to the north.

1964 Civil Rights Bill

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Landmark legislation that banned discrimination.

1968 First Inter-racial basketball team

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Al Heartley and William Cooper are the first African Americans to play basketball at North Carolina State. The 1967 freshmen basketball team was the first integrated basketball team.

1969 NC State Convocation

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This source is a transcript of the speech given by NC State Chancellor John Caldwell at the university's March 1969 convocation. The content of the speech indicates just how much the university was affected by the revolutionary environment outside…

1973 Annual Report School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University

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The Annual Report of North Carolina State University's School of Agriculture and Life Sciences summarizes the year's changes in agriculture; changes in the school's curriculum, buildings, and courses; Extension; and research. The significance of this…

1974 Annual Report School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University

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The growing trend of annual reports in the 1970s is the inclusion of information about female and minority students, mainly because the School felt it was important to notice them. This change occurred because of Affirmative Action and the Women's…

1975 Annual Report School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University

UA100.2.6 Annual Report 1975.pdf

The excerpted transcription highlights sections of page 16. See PDF for full document. p. 16: "The traditional almost exclusively male campus of North Carolina State University lives only in memory. And most students would agree that this is a…