McCorkle Place

Elaine Massey at the Confederate Monument on MLK Day Photograph

Document Description: Elaine Massey, a housekeeper at the University, holds up a poster that reads “Fight UNC Institutional Racism” in front of the University’s Confederate Monument on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 1997. The photograph has become a touchstone for future student organizations who have protested against the statue.

Organization: UNC Housekeepers Association

Date: 1/20/1997

Document Type: Photograph

Creator: John K. Chapman

Document Collection: John Kenyon Chapman Papers, 1969-2009

Campus Space: McCorkle Place

Citation: Elaine Massey at the Confederate Monument on MLK Day Photograph in the John Kenyon Chapman Papers #5441, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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