Saunders Hall

Presentation of the Mary Smith-Elizabeth Brook Human Rights Award

Document Description: The Campaign for Historical Accuracy and Truth raised $700 in funds for the first Mary Smith-Elizabeth Brooks Human Rights Award, named to honor to the two women who led the 1969 Foodworkers’ Strike at UNC-Chapel Hill. Nelson Johnson served as the event’s keynote speaker, and participants held a discussion drawing from the legacy of the strike to the current issues surrounding Black workers’ rights on the campus.

Organization: Campaign for Historical Accuracy and Truth, Student Action With
Workers

Date: 3/31/2006

Document Type: Flyer

Creator: John K. Chapman

Document Collection: John Kenyon Chapman Papers, 1969-2009

Campus Space: Saunders Hall

Citation: CHAT presents the Mary Smith-Elizabeth Brook Human Rights Award Flyer in the John Kenyon Chapman Papers #5441, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.