African American Cultural Center

A group of Juneteenth celebrants smile together during Juneteenth celebrations on NC State's campus.

Jan 31, 2025

Celebrate Black History and Black Futures at NC State

Andaiye Qaasim, assistant director of the African American Cultural Center, helps you navigate Black History and Futures Month events at NC State.

A student drums on a djembe sitting on the floor just inside the door of the African American Cultural Center in Witherspoon Student Center.

Feb 6, 2024

Being Black and Well

Throughout Black History Month, the NC State community is looking inward and connecting outward as we explore Black wellness through the intersections of healing, spirituality and self-expression. Find out how you can get involved.

Black and white photograph of African American students holding hands with the Belltower behind them.

Feb 1, 2023

What Is Black Euphoria?

Sponsored by the African American Cultural Center, this year’s Black History Month centers ‘Black Euphoria’ and all the ways in which Black students can be authentically themselves, at NC State and beyond.

Students gather around a table in the African American Cultural Center, each holding playing cards in their hands.

Jan 25, 2023

Finding Your Wolfpack: The African American Cultural Center

Through events, activities, conversations and workshops, the African American Cultural Center fosters cultural, intellectual and social growth throughout the university community.

Graduating student dressed in red regalia faces NC State Belltower

May 6, 2022

From Orientation to Graduation, Campus Community Centers Uplift Graduates

Each spring, NC State’s campus community centers recognize and uplift the range of unique student identities during their own graduation celebrations.

Feb 26, 2021

Leading With Intention

As the new director of NC State's African American Cultural Center, angela gay-audre sets out to carve a fresh path for its future.

Dr Kendi addresses a crowd of students, staff and faculty at Stewart Theater

Jan 16, 2020

Ibram X. Kendi and the Call for Antiracism

Award-winning author and scholar Ibram X. Kendi visited NC State to explore the future of racial justice in America and discuss what it means to be an antiracist.

Jan 14, 2020

Podcast: 1966 – MLK and the KKK in Raleigh

On July 31, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in Reynolds Coliseum. Jason Miller explains why the event has been lost to history until now.

Protesters march during a Ku Klux Klan rally in downtown Raleigh, one of the never-before-published photos that will be on display at the African American Cultural Center Art Gallery next Wednesday. [Photo courtesy of State Archives of North Carolina].

Jan 9, 2020

Landmark Exhibit Unearths History

In "When MLK and the KKK Met in Raleigh," NC State English professor Jason Miller reveals never-before-developed- or displayed photos from Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1966 visit to Raleigh.

Sachelle Ford, assistant director of the African American Cultural Center at NC State

Dec 12, 2018

Meet Sachelle Ford

With more than a decade of research, teaching and student development experience in African-American and African Diaspora cultures, Sachelle Ford joins NC State as assistant director of the African American Cultural Center.

The Women's Center's peer educators program, The Movement, hosts a student workshop.

Oct 22, 2018

Placing Community at the Center

NC State's campus community centers — the African American Cultural Center, the GLBT Center, Multicultural Student Affairs and the Women’s Center — help students find their authentic selves and gain new perspective.

Moses T. Alexander Greene standing against a mural with pictures of black historical figures.

Oct 4, 2018

Event Highlights Legacy, Work of African American Cultural Center

The U.S. Postal Services selects the African American Cultural Center to unveil its 2018 Kwanzaa stamp, putting a national spotlight on the center, which has long supported and celebrated people of African descent.

Kobi Felton holding a plastic tube in the lab.

Feb 21, 2018

Black History Month 2018

Black History Month honors the invaluable contributions of black and African Americans to our history and culture. At NC State, it's an opportunity for the entire campus community to celebrate and champion the achievements of the black and African diaspora in the United States.

May 4, 2017

Greene Named African-American Cultural Center Director

The Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity has announced that Moses T. Alexander Greene is the new director of NC State’s African-American Cultural Center.

Jan 31, 2017

Celebrate Black History Month at NC State

Check out a calendar of events for Black History Month at NC State. This year’s slate of activities includes lectures, workshops, films and performances on racial justice, African American dance, the school-to-prison pipeline, history and activism.