Found 28 events matching "protest"
A group of students held a rally to support better wages and working conditions for physical plant workers on campus. The protest was organized by the Society of Afro-American Culture and an offshoot of Students for a Democratic Society known as "The Group."
The Lesbian & Gay Student Union held a rally on the Brickyard to protest Free Expression Tunnel graffiti telling people to wear shoes every day in support of violence again gay and lesbian people. The graffiti had been painted over announcements for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Awareness Week.
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.
Three hundred students held a Blackout protesting African American lives lost in police shootings in Charlotte, NC, and Tulsa, OK. The protest began in Wolf Plaza and moved into Talley Student Center, where students performed a die-in. On October 1st, seventy students protested at Carter-Finley Stadium during a football game.
Greeks United sponsored the March Against Racism-Challenging History (M.A.R.C.H.) to support change in the university's policies towards African American students. During the protest, students marched to the chancellor's office in Holladay Hall to present a petition that demanded immediate action. NC State's first African American student body president, Kevin Howell (1987-1988), participated in the M.A.R.C.H.
On January 17, students held a protest in the Brickyard against US involvement in the Gulf War. The Technician reported that protesters lay down in the Brickyard to symbolize the death caused by the war, while counter-protesters chanted “stand up for America!” On January 23, students organized a second rally in the Brickyard and hosted a candlelight vigil in support of American soldiers.
Student leaders organized two weeks of education about the Vietnam War that they called the "Peace Retreat". After the administration denied their proposal to allow the Peace Retreat as an alternative to classes, the student body staged a protest in the Brickyard. On May 13, the faculty voted in favor of the students’ proposal, and the Peace Retreat began on May 18 (See The Peace Retreat for more information).
Cathy Sterling was elected student body president and became the first woman to hold a major student elective post. During her presidency, Sterling led the student body in a retreat to protest the invasion of Cambodia. Her report, "Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control," resulted in a greater student role in the spending of student fees. Sterling said of her decision to run for student body president, "A few weeks before the election, a few friends asked me to run for president, and I just did it. I don't know why I did it, but I just did."