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This photograph is of the continent of Africa, with flags of individual nations superimposed on it.

This photograph is of Sidney Lowe, North Carolina State University's first African-American head coach of men's basketball. Lowe, who coached the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Memphis Grizzlies before coming to NCSU, also played as a the starting…

This photograph is of Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became a prominent leader of the abolitionist movement prior to the U.S. Civil War. His autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845) was a…

This photograph is of Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican political leader, writer, and activist who was a strong proponent of Black Nationalism. Garvey has been credited with synthesizing previous strands of political, economic, and cultural Black Nationalism…

Administering the oath of office to Dr. Caldwell (left) is Chief Justice J. Wallace Winborne, North Carolina Supreme Court. Dr. William C. Friday (center), president of NC State University, looks on.

A photo showing some of the thousands of students marching on Raleigh in May, 1970.

The information packet about the Peace Retreat

WAAC Recruitment Poster

A black and a white student work together in a lab.

David Hinton, an African American student leader, on the phone.