Campaign for Historical Accuracy and Truth Notes on Beliefs and Goals
Document Description: These notes, taken by Yonni Chapman, outline the statement of beliefs and goals for the Campaign for HistoricalContinue Reading
Category: Lenoir Hall and Manning Hall
Elizabeth Brooks Accepting the Mary Smith-Elizabeth Brook Human Rights Award
Document Description: Photograph depicts Elizabeth Brooks, one of the leaders of the 1969 Foodworkers’ Strike, accepting the Mary Smith-Elizabeth BrookContinue Reading
Speeches At the Conclusion of Foodworkers’ Strike
Document Description: Howard Fuller, Preston Dobbins, and Elizabeth Brooks address the crowd of supporters of the foodworkers at the dissolutionContinue Reading
Julius Chambers to President Friday and Chancellor Sitterson
Document Description: Julius Chambers (UNC School of Law ’62) and law partner Adam Stein were retained as legal counsel byContinue Reading
Video of Foodworkers’ Strike and State Patrolmen Outside Lenoir Hall
Document Description: On March 6, 1969, ostensibly to keep order on the campus and to reopen Lenoir Hall during theContinue Reading
Foodworkers’ Strike Photographic Negatives of State Patrolmen
Document Description: Photographic negatives taken by a member of the Black Student Movement show the state patrolmen sent to theContinue Reading
Cary Boshamer to Chancellor Sitterson Telegram
Document Description: Cary Boshamer, a significant donor to the University, wrote to Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson stating his support ofContinue Reading
Chancellor Sitterson Response to Black Student Movement Demands
Document Description: Chancellor Sitterson responded to the Black Student Movement’s 1968 demands with this nineteen-page written reply, stating his intentContinue Reading
Black Student Movement Demands, 1968
Document Description: On December 11, 1968, the Black Student Movement presented Chancellor Carlyle Sitterson with a list of twenty-three demandsContinue Reading
Black Student Movement Statement of Purpose
Document Description: Preston Dobbins created the Black Student Movement (BSM) on November 7, 1967 by leading the vote to disassembleContinue Reading