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North Carolina State University at Raleigh Women's Handbook 1965-1966

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The Woman's Campus Code Board (WCCB) prepared a booklet for incoming female student class of 1965-1966 at North Carolina State University. The guide list's information about: Erdahl-Cloyd Union activities for students; Angel Flight, an organization…

"The Reasons Behind Burning and the X"

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After reading the letter that described newspaper burning as a racist act, I felt obliged to enlighten Jonathan Patrick as well as others that may feel the same way. First of all, members of a minority may be prejudiced, but it is impossible for…

Photograph of Sarasota High School

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Constructed in 1927, this was the main building of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida for many decades.

Image of Dorothea Dix

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

Class of 1898

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This is a photograph of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (now known as NC State) class of 1898. Teisaku Sugiasita, State's first Asian student, is the first person on the back row.

Going Places; Students walking by the Bell Tower

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African American students at NC State walk, hand in hand, from the Memorial Bell Tower.

Ted Bush, Karen Wilkerson, Cynthia Hinnaut, Mike Hunter, 1970

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Four African American students sit outside of North Carolina State University's D.H. Hill Library in 1970.

Agromeck Photos of First African American Undergraduate Students, 1957

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These photos of Manuel Houston Crockett, Jr., Edward Carson, Irwin Richard Holmes, Jr., and Walter VanBuren Holmes were collected from the 1957 Agromeck (North Carolina State's yearbook) by the NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center.…

Irwin Holmes playing tennis, 1956

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This photo depicts Irwin Holmes, one of NC State's first African American undergraduate students. In 1958 he joined the tennis team, making him the first African American student at State College to play on a varsity sports team.

Morrill Act, 1862

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Chap. CXXX.--AN ACT Donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in…