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A symbol of modernization and progress, the NCSU Faculty Club held tight to social and political norms. The Good Neighbor Council requested that the majority-white institution open its doors to faculty from nearby historically black colleges, St.…

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.

ThisTechnicianarticle comments on the disillusionment of student leftists and radicals in connection with Choice '68, a National Collegiate Presidential Primary financed byTimeMagazine.

In this Technician article, the student souncil expresses their displease with the proposed name change to the school from "State College" to "University of North Carolina at Raleigh" in 1964.

This photograph is of Oprah Winfrey, former talk show host and present-day media mogul. Although from humble origins, Oprah rose to become a billionaire and one of the most well-known and influential African-American women in the country. Writers at…

This photograph is of dozens of Howard University students protesting the shooting death of Michael Brown, a young black male in Ferguson, Missouri, who was killed by a white police officer in 2014. The students' pose--standing with their hands in…

This editorial cartoon appeared in the September 14, 1993 issue of The Nubian Message. The cartoon depicts a person's arms shackled in chains. The left arm appears normal, while the right arm has been reduced to bone. The caption underneath the…

This photograph is of President Barack Obama, who was elected to office in 2008. As the first African-American president of the United States, Obama has been the subject of hate speech and racist remarks throughout his administration. Several…

This photograph is of students at the University of Michigan who were protesting the decision handed down in the 2003 Supreme Court case, Gratz v. Bollinger. This case involved two white students who had applied to the University of Michigan's…

This image appeared in a news story about racist and homophobic graffiti that appeared in North Carolina State University's Free Expression Tunnel in 2010. The graffiti disparaged President Barack Obama after the 2010 mid-term elections in addition…