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![Radio Show Transcript, Viewpoint #648 (July 9,1963), Viewpoint, [Raleigh, N.C.: Capitol Broadcasting Co.], 1960-1976. North Carolina Collection]](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fc68383ff19ef4ca32e8fc4def096b76.jpg "Viewpoint#648(1963-07-09)_p1.jpg")
Link, "Allah Young Dudes" excerpt from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Outcry over selection of Approaching the Qur'an as the Summer Reading book for 2002 put UNC in the national spotlight and prompted The Daily Show to poke fun at those critical of the choice. The piece features an interview with Robert Kirkpatrick,…
Telegram, Junius G. Adams to Frank Porter Graham, 21 September 1939, Salisbury, N.C.
In this letter, a North Carolina citizen expresses his opinion that Fritz Kuhn should not be allowed to speak before the Carolina Political Union at UNC. As the head of the German American Bund and a supporter of Nazi Germany, Kuhn was a…
Letter, Leon Trotsky to Alexander Heard, 13 August 1937, Coyoacán, D.F., Mexico.
In this letter, Trotsky accepts the CPU’s invitation to speak at Chapel Hill, on the condition that a travel visa could be secured for him to visit the United States.
Drawing of William B. Shepard, lithograph of Robert Hett Chapman
Composite image consisting of a drawing of William B. Shepard on left and a lithograph of Robert Hett Chapman on right.
Letter, Hiram Evans to Alexander Heard, 2 November 1937, Atlanta, G.A.
In this letter, the office of the Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan accepts Heard's invitation for Evans to speak to the CPU.
Letter, Marjorie Kipp to Alexander Heard, 2 August 1937, Chicago I.L.
In this letter, the National Forum Director from the Socialist Party of the United States replies to Alexander Heard's invitation to Norman Thomas to visit UNC. She states that is schedlue is currently being drawn up but that he is interested in…
Letter, Crowell to Josephus Daniels
In this letter, Mrs. A. H. Crowell writes to University supporter (and then ambassador to Mexico) Josephus Daniels, denouncing UNC as "the rankest center of communism" in the country. She claims that the University imbued her daughter with…
Letter, Richard Adler to Frank Porter Graham
Adler writes to President Graham to solicit his support for Carolina Magazine, in light of a bill presented by some UNC students to the Student Legislature to cease its publication during World War II. “This group feels that creative expression is…
Newspaper Clipping, “Liberal Georgia Governor Fights for Greater South”
Article from the Daily Tar Heel on Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall preceding his speech to the Carolina Political Union.
Newspaper Clipping, “Candidate Strom Thurmond Tonight in Memorial Hall”
Newspaper clipping (presumed to be from the Daily Tar Heel) about Strom Thurmond's upcoming speech, sponsored by the Carolina Forum and Carolina Political Union, to be held in Memorial Hall.
Newspaper Clipping, “Woman Communist Head To Speak At University”
Newspaper article (presumed to be from the Daily Tar Heel) announcing that Elizabeth Flynn of the Communist Party of the United States.
Newspaper Clipping, “John Kennedy Will Talk at CPU Program in Hill”
Newspaper article (presumably from the Daily Tar Heel) announcing John Kennedy at an upcoming CPU speaker at UNC.
Audio recording, Guion Griffis Johnson discusses the Institute for Research in Social Science
Guion Griffis Johnson discusses the beginnings of the Institute for Research in Social Science and perceptions of the Institute as socialist. She recalls Howard Odum, a professor of sociology at UNC and the founder of the Institute, and her husband,…
Report, Special Faculty Committee to President H.W. Chase
A report from the Special Faculty Committee to President H.W. Chase regarding the Carolina Magazine controversy.
In October 1926, the University of North Carolina student publication, Carolina Magazine, published a short story titled "Slaves,"…
In October 1926, the University of North Carolina student publication, Carolina Magazine, published a short story titled "Slaves,"…
