Carol McDonald on her arrest in South Building
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes the series of events that eventually led to her arrest by UNC campus police. Continue Reading
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Renee Alexander Craft on the legacy of the BCC
Excerpt Description: Renee Alexander Craft remembers how the Fishbowl space operated and what it looked like. Interviewee Name: Renee AlexanderContinue Reading
Ashley Davis on foodworkers’ funding the strike
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis explains that foodworkers and their supporters created the soul food cafeteria in Manning Hall to provideContinue Reading
Report on Myths About Black Students from Hinton-James
Document Description: Though Hinton James Residence Hall had been open less than a decade, by the early 1970s, “James Dorm”Continue Reading
Letter from Pauli Murray to Frank Porter Graham
Document Description: In this letter, the future human rights activist Pauli Murray, a descendant of both slaves and enslavers andContinue Reading
Granville Towers
Beginning in the mid-1960s, Granville Towers, a privately-owned dormitory, offered alternative housing for many students who would otherwise be assignedContinue Reading
Greenlaw Wall
The wall in front of Greenlaw Hall facing the Undergraduate Library became an informal gathering space for Black students beginningContinue Reading
Hurston Hall
In January 2015, the Real Silent Sam Coalition, which had been organizing to remove William Saunders’s name from Saunders Hall,Continue Reading
Carolina Hall
After a two year long movement to remove William Saunders’s name from Saunders Hall, the University’s Board of Trustees votedContinue Reading
Upendo Lounge in SASB North
Originally located on the first floor of Chase Hall, Upendo Lounge operated as a significant social space for Black studentsContinue Reading