1970s

The words 'The Ghetto' printed on side of university building
Technician, Vol. 55 No. 8, September 16, 1970, Technician (Raleigh, N.C., LH1 .N6 T4), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries

First African American Cultural Center Opens, 1970

In the spring of 1970, a group of African American students established what they called "The Ghetto" in the basement of a YMCA Building.

"The main function of the Ghetto is political…It instructs students how to best use the University to benefit the Black student."

—Black Student Organization President Antoinette Foxwell, Technician, Vol. 55 No. 8, September 16, 1970

"In Black Perspective" Published, 1972

NC State publishes "In a Black Perspective." This pamphlet tallies the university's black community at nine professors and 222 students (out of a total 13,809), and lists courses focusing on black history and culture: two in Political Science and one on race relations in Sociology.

Yellow cover page of 'In A Black Perspective' pamphlet
Right Image: NCSU in a Black Perspective, North Carolina State University, University Archives Reference Collection, General Records, UA 050.001, Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina
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"We knew everybody. We would go to what we call the [African American] Cultural Center, at that time...we called it “The Ghetto.” So we met at the Ghetto."

-Wolf Tales recording with Elwood and Diane Hill Becton, North Carolina State University Oral Histories, MC 00449, Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC