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Date	1973-03-01
Creator	unknown
Subject headings	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Topics	UNCG Neo-Black Society
Place	Greensboro (N.C.)
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.
Type	text
Original format	clippings
Original dimensions	Microfilm
Original publisher	Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	The Carolinian (Civil Rights Clippings)
Finding aid link	The full run of The Carolinian, from which this article is taken, is available online at http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/Carolinian
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Object ID	CarolinanCRG.0863
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Full text	Comment After much controversy and mudslinging .back and forth, the investigation of the Neo-Black Society is closed. Finally. - , The formal hearing was held Sunday afternoon lasting long into the evening, and the statement from the Committee on Classification of Organizations was released at noon Monday. The official report of the committee - stated^each ^harg^^-that bad been brought-fortlv and-tlien- gave the reason why the group felt if was without grounds. The entire list of accusations was^uled invalid. Though there is ^possibility that the aeeusing^ siudent? - willpursue. the matter by appealing to the student senate, as of now the issue seems to be closed. But we think the subject is not dropped. The investigation has caused quite a stir among black and white and many hard feelings in Iri fact the entire mess has left a bad taste in the mouth of more than-we egin the issue will surely come up more than once. We^are sorry for this. Though many students think otherwise, the steps taken against NBS were done in good TaTfhUh~ffie~paFf of "the students involved. If is easy to scream politics when actions such as these are taken, but we* do not think that was actually the motivation of the investigating group, Wfr would rather remember those involved as students who tried to act in the interest of their fellow students. We hope you Will.
OCLC number	884368025

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