Students and faculty rally in support of affirmative action, 1998

Students call for new African American Cultural Center, 1974

Students chapter of NAACP holds first meeting in four years, 2005

Students organize march against racism; University recognizes Martin Luther King Day for first time, 1988

Students organize sit-in to protest lack of appropriations for African American student organizations, 2004

Students protest for higher wages for physical plant employees, 1969

Students protest painting of racial epithets in Freedom of Expression tunnel, 2010

Students protest the Technician's alleged racial bias and start the Nubian Message, 1992

Tennis player Irwin Holmes was the first African American athlete, 1958

The UNC system is cited for non-compliance with Civil Rights Act of 1964, 1970

Thomas Quay oral history interview

Walter Holmes is the first African American in the marching band, 1956

Witherspoon Student Center becomes the new home of the African American Cultural Center, 1991

Yolanda King addresses students as part of campus Martin Luther King Day celebration, 2003