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Head Coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers, Jerry Moore (1989-2012) Jerry Moore was the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers from 1989-2012. Throughout his Appalachian State football career, he led the Mountaineers to ten Southern Conference Championships and three consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision wins from 2005-2007.
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Daniel Baker Dougherty's April letter to son D.D. Dougherty "I have nothing late from Blan. I will write you when I go back home and give you a full map of my country and all particulars so you can understand the matter. I wrote you some time ago about the demands and the desires of Watauga people about you and B building up a school. You have not answered. From what I learn your section is on a big Boom if so you might do better to stay there. Write me at once"
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Daniel Baker Dougherty's March letter to son D.D. Dougherty "There is an impression among our people that (you) will return to Watauga and build up a School at Boone with B. It is taken for granted by the people that this is a fact and I am often asked about it, but I cant tell them anything for I know nothing. Dr. Adams was here a few days ago and requested me to write you and B both as he wants his Bd. to Elect Either of you Co Supn. Says the people desire this and that he is for Either of you and for you and B to deside the matter whether either will accept the Supn. place? Of course I have no choice but would be pleased for either of you to have the place. Dr. says it will pay from $2 to $4 per day (I have not read the school law myself) Write me how you feel on this school matter and also about the Superintendant’s place.
A school here conducted by you & B would be well sustained in my opinion the finest opening I think any where now Consider this and let us know your desires."
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Blanford Barnard Dougherty and Dauphin Disco Dougherty Brothers Blanford Barnard Dougherty and Dauphin Disco Dougherty in front of a brick building.
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Students protesting House Bill 2, occupying the BB Dougherty Administration Building Students protested House Bill 2 and occupied the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building. While there, Chancellor Sheri N. Everts spoke with student leaders about improving communication between administration and minority groups on campus.
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Gender Identity and Expression added to the campus Equal Opportunity Policy Gender identity and expression were added to the campus Equal Opportunity Policy on July 21, 2008.
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Invitation to the opening of the LGBT Center in the Plemmons Student Union Invitation to the opening of the LGBT Center in the Plemmons Student Union
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Dr. Thalia J. Coleman Dr. Thalia J. Coleman became the first African-American woman to become a full-tenured Professor.
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Messages of hate graffitied in the Rivers Street Tunnel Messages of hate were graffitied in the Rivers Street Tunnel. Campus organization Bisexual, Gays, Lesbians, and Allies Associated for Diversity (B-GLAAD) sponsored a National Coming Out Day celebration on October 10-11 and painted over the hate messages. The tunnel was re-vandalized on October 17, and B-GLAD repainted the tunnel on October 19.
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Peace Protestors held a War Moratorium in 1971 1971: Peace protesters held a war moratorium on Sanford Mall in May. Sponsored by Students for Action, between 200 and 400 students participated.
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1986 Rhododendron "D.C. Deluged: Forty-six ASU students and faculty members boarded a bus supplied by the NAACP and headed for Washington, DC, for an anti-apartheid rally on September 14, 1986. The trip, organized by Dr. Fred Milano, enabled students to voice their opinions. Since it seemed doubtful that President Reagan would sign a bill enforcing sanctions on South Africa, the main purpose of the rally was to convince Congress to override a presidential veto of the bill. Later, students marched to the ASU administration building. The purpose: to protest ASU investments in South Africa. The students presented Chancellor Thomas with a petition signed by 700 people believing ASU should divest. However, ASU didn't believe divestment was a solution to apartheid in South Africa."
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1975 Pollution Demonstration This image shows an environmental protest in the 1970s at Appalachian State University and Boone, NC, students. Two students are sitting in a convertible, looking back at the camera. A sign reading "Save the Earth" is taped over the car's trunk. The students were protesting the amount of pollution and garbage on the campus and in the town in general.
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Black Student Association President James Luster James Luster was the Black Student Association President in 1984. Luster promoted unity between black and white students.
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Doris Foxworth On the right is freshman Doris Foxworth, the Miss Black Culture pageant winner. The Miss Black Culture Pageant was part of the Celebration of Black Beauty Week and included eleven African-American contestants. The winner would participate in the Miss ASU pageant in November 1975. The Black Cultural Committee sponsored the Celebration of Black Beauty event. It included a dance group Festival Africaine performance, the Miss Black Culture pageant, speeches, art exhibits, and musical performances.
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Robert Leake Robert Leake was the first, the first African-American student government president. He was elected in 1974.
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Environmental Awareness sign A sign stating, "If allowed to survive this grass will produce enough oxygen for two students to breathe for one semester."
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The Black Student Association, originally the Appalachian Black Cultural Organization The Black Student Association, originally the Appalachian Black Cultural Organization (ABCO), was founded at Appalachian. The association’s “major function is to present concerns, needs, and interests of black students to the administration of Appalachian State University. The organization serves to promote cultural awareness and place special emphasis on the traditions, customs, and history of Black Americans.” All enrolled black students are automatically members. The group hosted Martin Luther King Jr. commemorations, Black History Month celebrations, Black Awareness Weekend, Ms. Black Cultural Pageants, and Gospel Choir concerts.
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Francenia Strayhorn Francenia Strayhorn was elected to the May Court in 1970.
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Carolyn Anderson Carolyn Anderson joined the faculty at Appalachian State in 1969. She was the first African-American faculty member at the institution, and she worked in the Department of Mathematics.
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1969 Rhododendron "These are times of - Vietnam, Riots in our streets, Biafra, Poverty, Racism, The Pueblo, Czechoslovakian suppression, Rhodesian sanctions: An era when millions lack hope- the food, and the medicine, and the clothing that substantiate our hope are unknown to them. Seniors, where are we going? They gave us Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Franco, Castro: North and South Koreas and Vietnams; the "A" and "H" bombs. They watched The Pueblo; Hungarian students puddled in their blood; Czechoslovakian freedom zealots go underground."
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William Roland Neely In 1968, William Roland Neely became the first African American to graduate from Appalachian State with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
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Patricia Ferguson Beane Patricia Ferguson Beane was a freshman at Appalachian State in 1964. She played in the marching band and was the first African American to live on campus.
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1930 Rhododendron
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A page from The Rhododendron, 1958, depicting women students wearing pants A compilation of eleven photos of groups of students engaged in various activities. Some of the women students are wearing pants.
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Student Poster: Hen Party This image shows a poster display promoting books and reading at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). The display reads, "Now for a Hen Party, Dates, Boys, Jobs, Gossip, Clothes," and includes a drawing of several hens. Beneath the display are several books and magazines spread over a table. This image was taken in the mid-1950s.
