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Speech given by NC State Chancellor John Caldwell at the Southeastern Regional Conference on the Professional School and World Affairs in February 1968. The speech detailed the role of higher education in society, how it had changed and how he…

This editorial in The Gazette lauded Caldwell for his statements in his 1969 convocation.

This editorial cartoon depicts a woman's face, half of which has short, dark hair, full lips, and thick eyebrows, physical characteristics that are often associated with African American women. The other half of the face features long, light hair,…

This black-and-white photograph show an African-American student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill whose shirt reads "THINK BLACK INK." Black Ink was an African-American student newspaper founded in 1969 at UNC. It served as a…

This in-work copy of John Caldwell's speech recognized the main problems of the world and accepted students' discontent with how the world was operating. He reminded his listeners that not all students were the same: some practiced anarchism and…

The Need for Slavery

By George Gaitland

The history of the Afrikan and Afrikan-American is and endless list of achievements; from Royalty and excellence, to slavery and freedom, to the struggle for redemption. However, in our whole history,…

The New Black Plague

By Kevin A. Blue

There is a new epidemic sweeping through the middle-class Afrikan American community. This new dilemma takes root in the mind and spreads rapidly to the heart and soul of its victims. The effects vary from…

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…

This source is an address by NC State Chancellor John Caldwell at a meeting of American Council Fellows during their closing seminar in April 1970. In the address, Caldwell emphatically stated that higher education was very involved in social change,…

This document is part of a speech given by NC State Chancellor John Caldwell to the Sanford Chamber of Commerce in January 1968. The section included describes how universities helped the country as a whole and how perceptions of universities…