Named event or history
The law barring “visiting speakers” from state campuses, the 1966 wall speeches and Dickson v. Sitterson.
45 works in the index name this event.
What it was and why it mattered
Newspapers, photographs, and records of the time
Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge
Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this event. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.
This is the seventh interview in a nine-part series of interviews with civil liberties lawyer Daniel H. Pollitt. In this interview, Pollitt focuses on the Speaker Ban controversy as it unfolded on the campus of the Univ…
William C. Friday served as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 1957 to 1986. This interview is part of a longer, multi-part interview conducted with Friday in 1990. Here, Friday focuses primar…
Frank Wilkinson and several unidentified people walking down a street in Chapel Hill.
Frank Wilkinson speaking with unidentified man during his visit to Chapel Hill to address students from off campus.
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