Found 34 events matching "1966 "
Doak Field opened as the new facility for the baseball team.
Carroll Hall was named for Susan Catherine Colwell Carroll, a nurse who became the resident matron of the college infirmary.
Sullivan Hall was originally built as a dorm and was named for William Henry Sullivan, a former president of the Alumni Association and board member on the UNC Board of Trustees.
The North Carolina Organization of Home Demonstration Clubs and State Council of Negro Home Demonstration Clubs of North Carolina merged to become the North Carolina Extension Homemakers Association.
Chancellor John T. Caldwell gave the commencement address. Remarks to the graduating class were also given by UNC President William Friday and Governor Dan K. Moore. Honorary degrees were awarded to James Gordon Hanes Jr., James Herbert Jensen, Rudolph Ivey Mintz, Charles Scott Mitchell, and Frances Gray Patton.
When Raleigh landlords refused to rent to African American students, student leaders formed Direct Action for Racial Equality (DARE) to advocate for equal housing opportunities for African American students.
Elizabeth Jean Chappell was the second woman to earn a master's degree in botany.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Reynolds Coliseum to a crowd of over 5,000 individuals as well as a television audience of WUNC-TV. At the same time as the event, Klu Klux Klan members marched in violent protest in downtown Raleigh. Despite this, King continued with his speech.
Norma Wright Garcia became the first African American woman to receive an undergraduate degree after earning a BA in history.
As a football defensive player, Dennis Byrd became a two-time All American in 1966 and 1967. He was a member of the "White Shoes" defense that helped the Wolfpack achieve the rank of No. 3 in the 1967 season and win the Liberty Bowl. He was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2007, the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010, and the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.
