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Tuscarora Protest of 1973

Tuscarora Protest of 1973

4/17/2023

Research for this post was conducted by student employees Allison Hall and Bryan Weber. Digitization of images was completed by Doss Hill and Laura Abraham. Fifty years ago during the spring of…

NC State’s African American Cultural Center opened in 1991.

The Libraries celebrates Juneteenth

6/18/2021

In observance of Juneteenth this year—the 156th anniversary of the day the last enslaved people learned of their freedom in the United States—NC State is observing a campus holiday and closing…

Experience King’s iconic 1960 speech in Virtual Reality, plus choral performances, family activities, guided tours, and community discussion

MLK’s “Fill Up the Jails” speech comes to life at the Hunt Library on Feb. 15

2/4/2020

Be a part of Civil Rights history at the Hunt Library on Saturday, Feb. 15. with a full day of free, public events featuring a virtual reality experience of one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic…