The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History

Letter from the Occupants of South Building to Chancellor Hardin

Document Description: On April 1st, 1992 students began a two-week long sit-in in South Building. After delivering a letter to Chancellor Hardin, signed by “The Occupants,” a core group of students including members of the Black Awareness Council, the Student Environmental Action Coalition, and the Campus Y began a sit-in in the rotunda of South Building. Seventeen individuals were arrested on April 15th after refusing to vacate Hardin’s office.

Organization: BCC Movement, Campus Y, Black Awareness Council, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Black Student Movement

Date: 4/2/1993

Document Type: Demands

Document Collection: Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Records, 1984-2013

Campus Space: The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History

Citation: Letter from the Occupants of South Building to Chancellor Hardin in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Records #40341, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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