Erica Smiley on self-empowerment and the fight against tuition hikes
Excerpt Description: Erica Smiley remembers the moment in which she utilized her power as a student to challenge the University.Continue Reading
Reclaiming the University of the People
Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Excerpt Description: Erica Smiley remembers the moment in which she utilized her power as a student to challenge the University.Continue Reading
Excerpt Description: Erica Smiley describes her relationship to the state of North Carolina and the responsibility of organizing at theContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Erica Smiley recounts the moment in which she was transformed by the idea that people could come togetherContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Kendall Luton explains what he feels like to be the only Black student in his classes, and hisContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Chris Faison describes how the political engagement of the Black Student Movement has been forced to change overContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle details a party for Black students held on Polk Place on the last day of classesContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle explains how they learned the history of the University at the same time that they wereContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle describes how the movement to rename Saunders Hall prioritized the leadership of Black women, Black femmes,Continue Reading
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle describes the creation of “women’s nights,” social events which brought together student participants in social justiceContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Blanche Brown explains how the Real Silent Sam Coalition used performance tactics to engage other students in theContinue Reading