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Raleigh

The 1835 Constitutional Convention: Wider Voting for White Men, Fewer Rights for Free Black Voters

In 1835 North Carolina widened the vote for white men and moved toward electing its governor by popular vote. The same document ended the right of free Black men to vote.

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Military History

November 10, 1964: N.C. State’s Faculty Ends Compulsory ROTC

In November 1964, North Carolina State's faculty moved to end required military training for male students as the war in Vietnam was growing.

20th Century

Ella Baker and the Founding of SNCC at Shaw University, April 1960

Weeks after Greensboro, Ella Baker gathered sit-in students in Raleigh and urged them to stay independent. Her idea of leadership shaped SNCC from the start.