Black Monday Rally
Document Description: During the second Foodworkers’ Strike in December 1969, Black students once again held protests in support of theContinue Reading
Category: Lenoir Hall and Manning Hall
Political Cartoon Regarding the SAGA Corporation
Document Description: Following the conclusion of the first Foodworkers’ Strike in May 1969, the University, in an effort to distanceContinue Reading
Elizabeth Brooks on the first night of the Foodworkers’ Strike
Excerpt Description: Elizabeth Brooks describes the first night of the first Foodworkers Strike in February 1969. Interviewee Name: Elizabeth BrooksContinue 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
Ashley Davis on the soul food cafeteria in Manning Hall
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis describes the creation of the alternative soul food cafeteria set up in Manning Hall, where foodworkersContinue Reading
John Sellars on the relationship between Black students and Black community of Chapel Hill
Excerpt Description: John Sellars explains that the main difference between the BSM and the UNC NAACP was their identification withContinue Reading
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
Preston Dobbins on the creation of the Black Student Movement
Excerpt Description: Preston Dobbins details the shuttering of the UNC-NAACP group and the creation of the more dynamic and politicallyContinue Reading
Ashley Davis on the importance of UNC-Chapel Hill for social movements across North Carolina
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis states the importance of UNC-Chapel Hill in movement-making across North Carolina because of its status asContinue Reading
Ashley Davis on the reaction of white students to integration
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis describes how white students reacted to the demonstrations of Black Power in the Foodworkers’ Strikes, explainingContinue Reading