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I
OCT 17
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
AT GREENSBORO
Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs
October 15, 1973
y
^\
K^y
Mr. Richard H. Robinson, Jr.
Assistant to the President
General Administration
The University of North Carolina
Post Office Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
Dear Dick:
I would like to provide you with a summary of the actions taken this fall by
the Student Government Association of the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro with regard to the Neo-Black Society matter.
On September 18, 1973, the Student Senate adopted, at the request of the
Administration, a change in the Bylaws of the Student Government
Association concerning membership in Type II Organizations. Previously,
Section 1, L, 2b2 of the Bylaws had stated: "Recognition II entails the
recognition to charter, organize, and petition Student Government for
funds and/or office space. This recognition is for organizations whose
meetings are open to all undergraduates, requires no dues, has no specific
class, academic, political or religious affiliations. " The change adopted
by the Senate and approved by the Chancellor on September 19, 1973 now
provides: "Recognition II entails the recognition to charter, organize, and
petition Student Government for funds and/or office space. This
recognition is for organizations whose membership and meetings shall be
open to and shall welcome all undergraduate students without regard to
race, religion, color, creed, national origin, or sex; requires no dues;
has no specific class, academic, political, racial, or religious affiliations.
Organizations seeking this recognition must incorporate into their
Constitutions a statement of the above provisions. "
Approximately a week prior to September 18, 1973, the Committee on
the Classification of Organizations had initiated its hearings on the
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA /27 4 1 2
Object Description
| Title | [Letter from Dean James Allen to Richard Robinson concerning the current status of the UNCG Neo-Black Society controversy] |
| Date | 1973-10-15 |
| Creator | Allen, James H. |
| Biographical/historical note |
Rev. James “Jim” Allen was born on April 27, 1931 in Greenville, South Carolina. He earned a BA from Furman University in 1953 and a BD from Union Theological Seminary in 1956. From 1956 to 1958, he served as assistant minister at Lafayette Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1958 he became minister at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Waynesboro, Virginia. Allen was named campus minister at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1967. He served is that capacity until May 1, 1971, when he was made dean of students at the university. Two years later, on July 1, 1973, he was named vice chancellor of student affairs at the university. During his tenure in this position, he created the Career Services Center, reorganized Housing and Residence Life into a unified program, established the Disabled Student Services Office, and created a full-time office to address the needs of minority students. Allen retired in 1996 after twenty-eight years of employment at UNCG. That year the James H. Allen Endowment Fund was established in his honor. Allen was married to Mary Elizabeth Eichelberger, and they had five children. |
| Subject headings | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Topics | UNCG Neo-Black Society |
| Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
| Description | This October 15, 1973, three-page letter from University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Dean of Students James H. Allen to Richard H. Robinson, Jr., Assistant to the President of the University of North Carolina, includes an update on the current status of the Neo-Black Society, stating that all tensions between that organization and the Student Government Association (SGA) had been resolved. On March 26, 1973, SGA had voted to reclassify (removed 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 case that led to the Neo-Black Society's reinstatement as a recognized and funded organization. Allen also notes that he had had no response to a series of letters sent to Michael Curtis, the attorney representing SGA. |
| Type | text |
| Original format | correspondence |
| Original dimensions | 8.5" x 11" |
| Original publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
| Language | en |
| Contributing institution | Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
| Source collection | UA2.8 Chancellor James Sharbrough Ferguson Records |
| Finding aid link | https://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=442 |
| Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Additional rights information | NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES. This item has been determined to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. The user is responsible for determining actual copyright status for any reuse of the material. |
| Object ID | UA002.008.0447 |
| Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
| Sponsor | LSTA grant administered by the North Carolina State Library -- http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ld/grants/lsta.html |
| OCLC number | 884368520 |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | •/ I OCT 17 THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs October 15, 1973 y ^\ K^y Mr. Richard H. Robinson, Jr. Assistant to the President General Administration The University of North Carolina Post Office Box 2688 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 Dear Dick: I would like to provide you with a summary of the actions taken this fall by the Student Government Association of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with regard to the Neo-Black Society matter. On September 18, 1973, the Student Senate adopted, at the request of the Administration, a change in the Bylaws of the Student Government Association concerning membership in Type II Organizations. Previously, Section 1, L, 2b2 of the Bylaws had stated: "Recognition II entails the recognition to charter, organize, and petition Student Government for funds and/or office space. This recognition is for organizations whose meetings are open to all undergraduates, requires no dues, has no specific class, academic, political or religious affiliations. " The change adopted by the Senate and approved by the Chancellor on September 19, 1973 now provides: "Recognition II entails the recognition to charter, organize, and petition Student Government for funds and/or office space. This recognition is for organizations whose membership and meetings shall be open to and shall welcome all undergraduate students without regard to race, religion, color, creed, national origin, or sex; requires no dues; has no specific class, academic, political, racial, or religious affiliations. Organizations seeking this recognition must incorporate into their Constitutions a statement of the above provisions. " Approximately a week prior to September 18, 1973, the Committee on the Classification of Organizations had initiated its hearings on the GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA /27 4 1 2 |
