African American Physical Plant employees request raises, 1969

Black student leaders gather to discuss problems on campus, 1988

Dining hall is segregated during a dairy farm conference, 1953

First African American basketball players, 1968

First African American Cultural Center formed, 1970

First African American elected Miss NCSU, 1970

First African American graduate students admitted, 1953

First African American to "walk-on" to football team, 1966

First African American to receive football scholarship, 1969

First full-time African American library employee and first African American faculty member, 1962

First two African American women to play basketball, 1974

Kedrick Lowery is the first African American male to be elected Leader of the Pack, 1991

Lawrence Clark hired as Associate Provost, 1974

More labor unrest among Physical Plant employees, 1969

Mrs. Justina Williams was first African American female academic staff member, 1958

Position of Vice Provost for Diversity and African American Affairs is created, 2000

Racist graffiti about Barack Obama is painted in Freedom of Expression tunnel, 2008

Sidney Lowe was first African American head coach of NC State's men's basketball team, 2006

State students and faculty grieved death of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968

Student Body President Brian Nixon is attacked after receiving racial death threats, 1990

Student Center Annex is named Witherspoon Student Center in honor of Dr. Augustus Witherspoon, 1995

Student Government holds anti-apartheid march, 1987

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

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