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Chancellor John T. Caldwell gave this speech after vibrant rioting and protests on campus. Chancellor Caldwell stresses peace and dialogue, yet, he simultaneously stirred the crowd, as he directly addressed militant students and black students.

I understand your plan to lead a group to my home this evening to present me with questions concerning certain non-academic employees of the University.

You are already informed that this whole matter has been introduced into legal channels and…

Eric Moore, the first black Student Senate President, poses with Chancellor Caldwell and other student government leaders in front of the bell tower.

In his response to a letter from [name redacted] regarding his son, Chancellor Harrelson explained that it was against University policy to accept African American undergraduate students.

This image subtly conveys the heightened emotional tensions of the late 1960s at NCSU. Jack Barger, furthest to the left, was often met with hostile opinions of the student council by the black student body. Shortly after this image was taken, Eric…

Chancellor Bostian wrote this letter to inform North Carolina Attorney General William Rodman, Jr. that NC State College had received two applications from African American students. Bostian expressed his belief that the university was required to…

In this letter, Chancellor Bostian asked Acting President of the UNC Consolidated University System, William Friday, for his advice. Bostian admitted that he was confused by Attorney General Rodman's instructions to take no further action regarding…

May 31, 1955

Mr. Gordon Gray, President
The University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Dear Mr. Gray:

I would like to submit the folloll1ng letter as a suggestion for communicating with Negro applicants:

"Dear Mr.…

This is a draft of a letter from NC State Chancellor Carey Bostian to University of North Carolina President Gordon Gray dated June 6, 1955. The letter supported Gray's calls for UNC schools to send form letters to African American students,…

In this letter, Chancellor Bostian informed an inquiring student that NC State College did not accept African Americans into its undergraduate programs and that this policy was unlikely to change during the next school year. Bostian recommended that…