Race 

• Wilmington Youth Council, approx. 1970 
  • tutoring program 
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1960s-1970s 
• Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)  
• The Wilmington Movement, 1970s  
  • not necessarily university-related; Wilmington movement involving young people 
• Assassination of MLK Jr, 1968, *MORE 
  • UNCW Students protest U.S. flag flown at half-mast on campus; others counter-demonstrate/seated by flag pole.  Seahawk student newspaper, scrapbooks in Archives, alternative student newspaper 
• Student organization “Wantu Wazuri plans for the future,” 1970 *MORE  
  • “will work for Black representation in the student government and … [a]ddition of black faculty members.” (1970) 
• UNCW Student Chapter of the NAACP - *MORE 
  • President in 1988 was Amos Quick: “Racial Tensions Rising at UNCW” 
• Student Political Activities Club, 1968 
  • Formed following assassination of MLK Jr, group that had advocated for UNCW SGA to co-sponsor a visit by MLK Jr to Wilmington 
• Black Student Action Committee, 1989 - *MORE 
  • “BSAC & Bryan Meet, Discuss Demands” 
• Tuition increases 
  • Search Seahawk newspaper digital collection, various points including 1990s, 2000s. 

Varied topics/political/foreign policy 

• “Gag rule”/Communist Speaker Ban in North Carolina. 1960s *MORE 
  • State law, now repealed, affecting colleges and universities in North Carolina. There is also a potential tie-in to freedom of religion. Communists viewed as atheist; in the midst of the Speaker Ban debate, 1963 Student Senate scraps the opening prayer in favor of a “moment of silence.” 
• “Young Americans For Freedom Form Local Chapter on Campus,” 1965 
  • Possibly connected to support of Speaker Ban Law 
• Vietnam War, 1960s and 1970s *MORE 
  • “Students gather in support of U.S. Foreign policy in Vietnam”  
• “War Moratorium/prayer vigil” 1969 - *MORE, including photographs 
  • UNCW special supplement on student unrest 1970 *MORE 
• Other Anti-War 
• (Peace) Rally Sparks Controversy, January 1991 
• Wilmington Peace Meet-up, October 2007 
  
  • P.E.A.C.E – campus activism, April 2001 
  • UNCW Women’s Resource Center, founded 2002 *MORE 
  • Boycott Ludacris concert at UNCW, 2003 
• “Collective for Women,” 1994  
• NC Amendment to make gay marriage illegal 
  • Article in "The Seahawk"- 2011  
• Student and Faculty Anti-Apartheid Movement/Divestment from South Africa - Possibly *MORE 
• Animal rights 
  • UNCW SETA (Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), 1999 

Environment 

• Save the Whales Seaside Jam, 1980s *MORE 
• Earth Day  
  • some activity? Biology Club Photograph Contest, 1971 

Class/Socioeconomic 

• Hillcrest Reading program and “Community Campus” with Wilmington Housing Authority, 2000s

Race 

• New Hanover Human Relations Commission, 1960 – 1980s
• Good Neighbor Council, 1960s-1970s 

Class/Socioeconomic 

• Hillcrest Reading program and “Community Campus," 2000s 
  • With Wilmington Housing Authority, 2000s 
• “Big Brother Movement," approximately 1921 
  • Wilmington Rotary Club involvement with this group, which is based out of NY City - approx. 1921