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1967 : First African-American football player

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Marcus Martin becomes the first African-American player to join the football team.

1969 : First African-American football scholarship recipient

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Clyde Chesney becomes the first African-American to receive a football scholarship.

1970 : First African-American recipients of full football scholarships

Willie Burden and Charley Young become the first African-Americans to receive football scholarships as incoming freshmen.

1970 : First African American Miss NCSU

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Mary Evelyn Porterfield elected first African American Miss NCSU. In an interview with the Technician following her selection as homecoming queen, Porterfield stated, "If I had been the first black homecoming queen ever at a university of this size, I think it would have weighed much more heavily on my emotions, but to me, by this time, it seems as ordinary as would have been any selection. I think State is three years behind in the trend . . . I realize that this is a victory for the blacks on campus, and particularly for the black female."

1991 : First African American male voted Leader of the Pack

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Kedrick Lowery was elected Leader of the Pack (which had replaced the homecoming queen competition). Lowery was the first African American male to be honored with the title. Lowery was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity.