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This history, drafted during the 1956-1957 academic year, was written to promote membership in State's Mates and discussed the reorganization of State's Mates in the 1950's to encourage further socializing.

This document is a program for the tenth anniversary variety show of State's Mates. The show included a fashion show, skits, and musical medleys.

This logo appeared at the top of each issue of the Wagg'n Tongue, the monthly newsletter for State's Mates

This document is a flyer for the State's Mates variety show in March of 1962.

This poem, containing the "philosophy" of State's Mates, was printed on the interior of each yearbook.

This item is the script to the theatrical portion of the State's Mates April 1960 variety show, "The Backyard Minstrels." Members of State's Mates portrayed racist caricatures of African Americans in blackface. The use of exaggerated dialect,…

"Dean reassures blacks of progress" discusses a letter written by Dean of Student Affairs Banks Talley to African American students. In the letter, Talley reassures students of his support for a "Black Cultural Center." The article also addresses…

An opinion article, "Racism Alive and Well" details the views of the State Sentinel concerning the Society of Afro-American Culture's request for the use of the NC State Print Shop as a cultural center. The article declares that creating separate…

Cathy Sterling gives speech to students at a demonstration in the University Plaza (Brickyard)

Julius Chambers was a member of the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors from 1972 as a representative of his alma mater, North Carolina Central University. In 1977 he resigned out of protest over the Board’s handling of desegregation.…