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Leroy Benjamin Frasier et al v Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, 1955
134 F.Supp. 589 (1955) Leroy Benjamin FRASIER, Jr., et al., v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA et al. No. 260-D. United States District Court M. D. North Carolina. Argued September 10, 1955. Decided September 16, 1955.…
Tags: African American, Race
The Technician (Raleigh, NC), September 29, 1939
AUNT ELLEN MCGUIRE SAW COLLEGE BEGIN
Infirmary Worker Has Been Connected With Campus Fifty Years; Is Known to Hundreds of Students and Alumni
Aunt Ellen McGuire, as she is affectionally known by hundreds of State College students and alumni, has…
Tags: 1930s, African American, Ellen McGuire, NCSU Employee, Slave
The Technician (Raleigh, NC), May 4, 1951
OPEN FORUM
Carolina Controversy
On Tuesday, May 1, our brother publication at Chapel Hill, THE DAILY TAR HEEL printed a letter which made caustic reference to the admittance of a Negro student to the University Medical School. On May 2 the…
Tags: 1950s, African Americans, Integration, UNC-Chapel Hill
The Technician (Raleigh, NC), January 8, 1926
SOUTHERN COLLEGE YOUTH AND THE RACE RELATIONS PROBLEM
(Editor’s Note: The paper from which the following paragraphs are quoted won the first prize of $75 in the South-wide college contest conducted last year by the Commission on Interracial…
The Technician (Raleigh, NC), January 12, 1923
From "Splinters from the North Carolina Pine":
The restaurant patron was peeved — there were black specks on his grapefruit. But Sambo, the African diplomat, soothed hm.
“Why, boss, dat sho must be dem vitamines wat everyone am talkin’…
Tags: 1920s, Ku Klux Klan, Race, Sambo, Technician
The Technician (Raleigh, NC), February 23, 1951
NOT READY?
As a test of democratic thinking in State College, THE TECHNICIAN posed a very controversial question in this week’s Inquiring Reporter.
Several students were asked their opinion of the possibility of admission of Negro students to…
Sweatt v. Painter et al, 1950
339 U.S. 629 (1950) SWEATT v. PAINTER ET AL. No. 44. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 4, 1950. Decided June 5, 1950. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS. 630*630 W. J. Durham and Thurgood Marshall argued the cause for…
Tags: African American, Race
Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma et al, 1948
332 U.S. 631 (1948) SIPUEL v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA ET AL. No. 369. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 7-8, 1948. Decided January 12, 1948. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF OKLAHOMA. 632*632 Thurgood…
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
163 U.S. 537 (1896) PLESSY v. FERGUSON. No. 210. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 13, 1896. Decided May 18, 1896. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. 540*540 Mr. A.W. Tourgee and Mr. S.F. Phillips for plaintiff in…
Tags: African American, Race
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, Registrar of the University of Missouri, 1938
305 U.S. 337 (1938) MISSOURI EX REL. GAINES v. CANADA, REGISTRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, ET AL. No. 57. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 9, 1938. Decided December 12, 1938. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF…
Tags: African American, Race
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Chancellor Carey Bostian to University of North Carolina President Gordon Gray, June 6, 1955

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…