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"A Black Perspective" Pamphlet, 1981

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“The North Carolina State University A Black Perspective” brochure was produced in 1981 as part of the campus recruitment tool for minority students. The brochure highlights predominately black clubs and organizations as well as including…

NCSU Interim Affirmative Action Recruitment Report, 1977-1978

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In response to a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) investigation in the 1970s and the implementation of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity laws, North Carolina State University established an affirmative action…

Letter from NCSU Non-Academic Employees Union to Chancellor John T. Caldwell Addressing Female Maids in Men's Dormitories

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Chancellor Caldwell originally acceded to the request that female maids not be forced to work in male dormitories. However, three weeks later the chancellor reversed his decision. The male members of the Non-Academic Employees Union vehemently…

New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (New Mobe), March on Washington Map,

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New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (New Mobe) was an anti-war group that founded at Case Western Reserve University in July 1969. In November, NC State student members of New Mobe traveled to D.C. to join the March on Washington.…

Vietnam Moratorium Brochure

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This brochure for the Vietnam Moratorium displays dates for New Mobe's March on Washington.

Recording of Mississippi Goddamm

This youtube video is a live recording of Nina Simone's performance of Mississippi Goddamm. This recording was from her concert on April 6, 1968, two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Her informal call and response in this…

Finger-wheel Rake Development

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This file contains an article about the development and uses of a draft-powered sweet potato de-viner.

Spraying on Apple Research Laboratory- Wilkes County, May 1940

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This photograph shows two men spraying pesticides on the apple orchards at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Wilkes County.

Peanut Production in North Carolina

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This bulletin appears in the 1942 Extension Circular. It discusses the demand to increase peanut production to provide oil for the war effort. It gives cultural advice to peanut farmers to help increase their yield.

Rural Home Electrification Project- Guilford County

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This is an image of a home in rural Guilford County that has just been set up for electricity.