Covering Up Saunders Hall Sign
Document Description: In May 2015, the Board of Trustees voted to remove William Saunders’ name from this building and toContinue Reading
Category: Saunders Hall
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes, 1920
Document Description: In the early spring semester of 2015, Blanche Brown, a member of the Real Silent Sam Coalition, foundContinue Reading
This Is What Saunders Would Do To Me
Document Description: In the spring semester of 2015, members of the Real Silent Sam Coalition began to rally not justContinue Reading
First Meeting of the Real Silent Sam Coalition
Document Description: In August 2011, a new organization comprised of both students and Chapel Hill and Carrboro permanent residents formed,Continue Reading
Taylor Webber-Fields on creating a different kind of Tar Heel
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields explains that the Real Silent Sam Coalition was significant in that the organization created a modelContinue Reading
Taylor Webber-Fields on the movement to give voice to Black students
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields remembers the “Speaking Back to Wainstein Rally” was a space to give voice back to BlackContinue Reading
Taylor Webber-Fields on Black students activating internal power to create change
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields states her desire for all Black students to know that they have the ability to activateContinue Reading
Taylor Webber-Fields on organizing as a way to restore voice to Black students
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields explains that the movement to rename Saunders Hall was more about giving voice to Black studentsContinue Reading
Taylor Webber-Fields on the collective creation of language based on shared experience
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields explains the importance of Black students needing to collectively create a shared language through which toContinue Reading
Erica Smiley on the importance of the history of the Black Student Movement
Excerpt Description: Erica Smiley explains the uniqueness of the Black Student Movement as partially directed by learning the history ofContinue Reading