African American Heritage Society

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 Purpose

The purpose of the African American Heritage Society shall be to support the Society's programmatic development in promoting awareness among African American students at North Carolina State University, of the historical development of African peoples throughout the world's history, and to provide an arena in which African American students may recognize and utilize the legacy of prior contirbutions of Africans and African-Americans in their personal and professional development, through research-oriented activities developed from Afro-centric perspective.

Our Mission

The mission of the African American Heritage Society is to provide extracurricular personal study, research, social, and cultural experiences that examine the heritage of people of African descent.
 
The goal of the African American Heritage Society, is to increase student's awareness of belonging to a specific cultural group, and to develop a greater understanding and appreciation of African and African American identity.