Found 126 events matching "African American Agriculture"
Dr. Lawrence M. Clark (1934-2012) was hired as Associate Provost. Dr. Clark was the second African American to serve as a university administrator. In addition to serving as a professor in mathematics education, Dr. Clark coordinated all activities related to the university's Affirmative Action Plan. Dr. Clark was instrumental in the founding of NC State's African American Cultural Center, the Peer Mentor program, and the African American Symposium.
The Libraries' Collection Management department was established with African American employee Margaret Hunt as its first head.
The Consolidated University of North Carolina declared that African American students were eligible for admission into graduate programs.
Ed Leftwich joined the basketball team and was the first African American freshman to receive a basketball scholarship.
This walking tour of the campus highlighted locations of significance in the lives and experiences of African American students and the larger community. These tours were held every semester, and they were co-sponsored by the NC State University Libraries and the African American Cultural Center.
Willie Burden and Charley Young became the first African American students to receive full football scholarships as incoming freshmen.
Edward Walker, the first full-time African American staff member of the library, was hired as the mail clerk.
Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswomen and presidential nominee, visited campus and spoke to an audience of 2,500.
The Peer Mentor program paired freshman with upper-class mentors to aid in the academic, emotional, and social adjustment of African American students, and later all culturally diverse first-year students. An earlier program from 1980 to 1982 paired African American freshmen with faculty and staff members as mentors.
In Frazier v. the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, the court determined that undergraduate colleges and universities should be open to African Americans.
Alfred "Al" Heartley and William Cooper became the first African American members of the freshman basketball team. Heartley later went on to play on the varsity team.
The first State 4-H Short Course for African American youth was held at North Carolina A&T College in Greensboro.
A survey done by the Southern Education Foundation found that percentage enrollment of African American student remained the same for the past 20 years.
While overall enrollment continued to grow, the number of non-white students enrolling began to decrease throughout the 2000s.
Irwin Holmes and Manuel Crockett were members of the men's track team in 1957.
Sidney Lowe served as the first African American head coach of the men's basketball team from 2006 to 2011. Lowe was the starting point guard for NC State's 1983 basketball team which won the national championship.
Hazel Virginia Clark received a master's degree in occupational information and guidance. She was the first African American woman to receive a master's degree from NC State.
Edward Carson was the first African American student employed at the Libraries. He later served on the Board of Directors for the Friends of the Library.
The first African American woman hired as an academic staff member, Justina Williams, worked in the Department of Genetics's drosophila research lab. Many African Americans worked at State prior to Williams's appointment, however, they primarily worked in custodial or food service positions.
Alexander Bailey was hired by the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station (located at A&M College) as the first African American agricultural extension agent.
