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
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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
Campus Y
The Campus Y has served since the 1970s as a social justice hub in the Division of Student Affairs. TheContinue 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
Chris Faison on creating inclusive spaces across the campus
Excerpt Description: Chris Faison imagines a campus that shifts all of its building spaces to be inclusive and welcoming toContinue Reading
Ed Chaney on the history of Black student spaces
Excerpt Description: Ed Chaney details the history of attacks against spaces for Black students on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus andContinue Reading
John Bradley on the importance of Black women’s leadership
Excerpt Description: John Bradley describes the respect he had for the Black women who led the BCC movement, explaining howContinue Reading
Chris Baumann on students’ supportive role in workers’ movements
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann describes his role as a white student in the housekeepers’ movement as supportive and behind theContinue Reading
Chris Baumann on student power and worker power
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann reveals that students and workers have and can collectively leverage power on the UNC-Chapel Hill campusContinue Reading
Chris Baumann on generational movements made through small acts
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann explains that justice movements at the University are built by each generation of students through aContinue Reading