Floyd McKissick on experiences of first Black students at UNC-Chapel Hill
Excerpt Description: Floyd McKissick describes the treatment from white students he experienced as one of the first Black students toContinue Reading
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Carol McDonald on speak-outs as a consciousness-raising tactic
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes how speak-outs were used as a consciousness-raising tactic for the BCC movement in which toContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the importance of self-empowerment for young people
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald explains the importance for young people to see themselves as powerful and to see themselves asContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the Black cultural center benefiting all people
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald argues that the Black cultural center movement was about creating a space that could benefit allContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the legacy of social justice campus movements
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald explains how members of the BCC movement placed themselves within the legacy of the long civilContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the long struggle for justice and caring for yourself
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald explains that the movement for justice is long and continual, which means people can step inContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the historical legacies of Black workers rights
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes how the connections between the BCC movement and the housekeepers’ movement were connected to theContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on cycles of activism and change
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald recounts the cycles of activism that occur and the frustrations that students can sometimes feel aboutContinue Reading
Kendall Luton on needing spaces for Black students on campus
Excerpt Description: Kendall Luton explains what he feels like to be the only Black student in his classes, and hisContinue Reading
Walter Jackson on a love-hate relationship with UNC-Chapel Hill
Excerpt Description: Walter Jackson expresses the feeling that many of the first Black students at UNC-Chapel Hill still hold aContinue Reading