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
Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
A progressive student-led movement in the early 1990s to build a free-standing building for the Black Cultural Center (BCC) createdContinue Reading
Wilson-Dey Site
The Wilson-Dey Site was one of two possible sites for the construction of the free-standing Black Cultural Center (BCC). ByContinue Reading
Coker Woods Site
The Coker Woods Site was one of two possible sites for the construction of the free-standing Black Cultural Center (BCC),Continue Reading
Black Cultural Center (The Fishbowl)
Following its opening in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union in 1988, the Black Cultural Center (or The Fishbowl) servedContinue Reading
Smith Student Activities Center (Dean Dome)
During the height of the Black Cultural Center movement in September 1992, the filmmaker Spike Lee, along with Black nationalistContinue Reading
The Pit
The Pit is a central gathering place for students, a sunken plaza located between Lenoir Dining Hall, two libraries, theContinue Reading
Great Hall in the Frank Porter Graham Student Union
On Friday nights through the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Great Hall in the Frank Porter Graham Student UnionContinue Reading
Memorial Hall
The original Memorial Hall was constructed in 1875 to honor President David Lowry Swain and fallen Confederate alumni. Dozens ofContinue Reading