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Date:
March 1, 1973
Author:
unknown
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Description:
This March 1, 1973, editorial from The Carolinian, the student newspaper of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), discusses the findings of the Student Government Association (SGA) Committee on Classification of Organizations that the Neo Black Society, a student organization founded in 1968, was not in violation of the SGA constitution. Several senators had argued that the organization was discriminatory and possibly was in violation of an SGA prohibition against affiliations with political or religious organizations. On March 26, 1973, SGA voted to ignore the committee's recommendation and to reclassify (remove funding and recognition from) the Neo Black Society. The SGA decision was overturned by university administration on the basis of faulty evidence and improper procedure by SGA, resulting in an eventual legal filing by SGA members. At the beginning of the 1973-74 school year, the Neo Black Society was reinstated by SGA as a recognized and funded student organization after revising its constitution to reflect that membership was open to all students without regard to race.
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Format of original:
Newspaper Clippings
Collection:
Carolinian
Repository:
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Item#:
1.3.863
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