1990s

Dr. Iyailu Moses with a colleague woman at the opening of the African American Center
University Archives Photograph Collection, Student Life Photographs, UA 023.025, Special Collections Research Center, NC State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

African American Cultural Center, 1991

In 1991, the African American Cultural Center opened in the new Student Center Annex (later renamed the Witherspoon Student Center). Following months of student and faculty protests, university administrators granted the African American Cultural Center an operating budget in 1992.

The Nubian Message, 1992

In 1992, the Nubian Message began publication in response to student protests alleging racial bias by the Technician. In the inaugural issue, the paper’s first editor-in-chief Tony Williamson stated his intention to "totally, truthfully, and faithfully cover every aspect of African American life at NCSU" and his hope that the Nubian Message would become "the media voice for African Americans at NC State."

For more information about the Nubian Message or to view archived copies of the newspaper, please visit the NC State Libraries Special Collection Research Center.

Photo of a cover of the Nubian Message from November 1992
Above Image: Nubian Message, November 30, 1992, The Nubian Message (LH1 .H6 N83), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries.

"Nubian Message serves a specific purpose"

-Johnathan Brunson, former staff columnist for the Technician and opinion editor for the Nubian Message.

Students dropping discarded copies of Technician into burning barrells
Technician, Vol. 73 No. 19, September 25, 1992, Technician (Raleigh, N.C.) (LH1 .N6 T4) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries

Students drop discarded copies of the Technician in barrels in the Brickyard and set them ablaze in 1992

Still of Dr. Moses sitting for an interview in 1998
"Stateside, Program No. 151: Dr. Iyailu Moses, Director, African American Cultural Center, September 1998," North Carolina State University, Office of Public Affairs, Creative Services Records, UA 014.015, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Interview with Dr. Iyailu Moses, The first Director of the African American Cultural Center

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"We need a black paper on this campus that will give coverage to give a black perspective."

-Student Greg Washington in "Alleged Bias in Technician Protested," Technician, Vol. 73 No. 19, September 25, 1992, Technician (Raleigh, N.C.) (LH1 .N6 T4), Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries.