Collection Number:
40387
Collection Title: Students for a Democratic Society at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Records, 2011-2013
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Size |
5 items |
Abstract |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chapter of Students for a Democratic
Society (SDS) was formally created in spring 1965 when student Jim McCorkel Jr. applied
for recognition of SDS as a student organization. In its early years, the chapter
was involved in campus opposition to the Speaker Ban, a state law barring speakers
who were known to be affiliated with the Communist Party, had pled the Fifth Amendment
under questioning about communist affiliations, or had advocated the overthrow of
the US government from state university campuses.
In recent years SDS has enjoyed a resurgence on college campuses throughout the country,
led in part by some of its original leaders from the 1960s. In fall 2006, a new chapter
of SDS was established at UNC-Chapel Hill, aimed at organizing student opposition
to the Iraq War. The records include fliers, notes, meeting minutes, photos, and video
footage of protests. Acquired as part of University Archives.
|
Creator |
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapter.
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Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language |
English |
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- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
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- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Students for a Democratic Society at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40387, University Archives, Wilson Special
Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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This summary description was created by Tierra Thomas in January 2020 to provide information
about unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
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