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
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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
Michelle Thomas on the dynamic social space of the Black Cultural Center
Excerpt Description: Michelle Thomas details the dynamic social space of the old Black Cultural Center in the Student Union andContinue Reading
Michelle Thomas on the connected struggle for equity for Black students and Black workers
Excerpt Description: Michelle Thomas describes the connection between the Black Cultural Center movement and the housekeepers’ movement as one determined byContinue Reading
Ruby Sinreich on the successes and failures of the BCC movement
Excerpt Description: Ruby Sinreich describes her belief that the BCC movement was a success, but explains the ways in whichContinue Reading
Tim Minor on the role of the Stone Center for Black students
Excerpt Description: Tim Minor describes how the role of the Black Cultural Center/Stone Center has changed for Black students overContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on speak-outs as a consciousness-raising tactic
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes how speak-outs were used as a consciousness-raising tactic for the BCC movement in which toContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the Black cultural center benefiting all people
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald argues that the Black cultural center movement was about creating a space that could benefit allContinue Reading