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We need to learn how to make the best of every situation that we find ourselves in. Which means that we need to overcome disappointment if when we graduate and can’t find that top dollar job. Now, I am not speaking of myself, so don’t sit back…

It’s hard being black. No matter how much we perceive things as getting better, they’re really not. I’m tired of being followed in the store by people who assume that I will steal if I am not watched closely. Well, I don’t need to steal…

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.

First African American to captain athletic team

Irwin Holmes was one of the first African Americans to enroll at N.C. State in 1956, and the first to earn an undergraduate degree in 1960. He also became the first African American to captain an athletic team, serving as co-captain of the tennis…

This report was created in 1943 to summarize the relief efforts of home demonstration clubs in North Carolina during World War Two.

Francis King, a local civil rights leader, was involved in the 1963 Civil Rights Movement in Williamston, NC.

In this article, the newspaper explores white acceptance of black students among different portions of the student body.

An instructor is photographed training early and late teenage boys about plumbing during a NC State Short Course.

This document contains instructions for Mr. Ponton, the Master of Ceremonies at the 1963 Mrs. NC State pageant. It includes hand-written notes and a brief fact sheet on each contestant.