Negro leaders share similar campus goals

On February 7th of this year, outstanding Negro students at North Texas and famous Negros throughout the nation's history were honored by NT's chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during the school's first Negro History Week. A month earlier, the Afro-American Student Union (AASU) held a rally in front of the Union Building demanding 14 improvements the university should make for the Negro. These demands included areas of improving student housing for Negros, a need for black faculty members, a bi-racially represented grievance board and the initiation of courses in teaching Swahili and African art.

It is obvious, then, that Negros at North Texas are voicing their approvals and disapprovals more than ever before, while taking on major roles in student activities.

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