Monument to a World Without White Supremacy
Document Description: Around 250 students and community members gathered on August 20, 2018 at the Peace and Justice Plaza onContinue Reading
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24 Hour Slave Narrative Readings
Document Description: In October 2015, the Real Silent Sam Coalition held a continuous reading of slave narratives in front ofContinue Reading
Can You Hear Us Now?
Document Description: In August 2011, a new organization formed comprised of both students and Chapel Hill and Carrboro permanent residents,Continue Reading
Confederate Monument
The University’s Confederate Monument, which has been known since the 1950s as “Silent Sam,” operated for over a century asContinue Reading
McCorkle Place
McCorkle Place is the memorial nexus of the University and the campus’s symbolic front lawn. Within the space, there areContinue Reading
Mars Earle on movement leadership through generations of student organizing
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle describes how the movement to rename Saunders Hall prioritized the leadership of Black women, Black femmes,Continue Reading
Michelle Brown on the naming of Carolina Hall
Excerpt Description: Michelle Brown remembers the renaming of Saunders Hall and the activism of the Real Silent Sam Coalition, statingContinue Reading
Michelle Brown on communication throughout coalition building
Excerpt Description: Michelle Brown explains how difficult communicating across student organizations and interests can be, but how necessary it isContinue Reading
John Bradley on shifting the narrative of social movements to create change
Excerpt Description: John Bradley explains that when movements stall, there is a need to shift the public narrative in orderContinue Reading
Donelle Boose on institutional pressure and preservation
Excerpt Description: Donelle Boose explains that the need for institutional self-preservation operates against student activism. https://uncofthepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/boose-donelle_pressure1.mp3 Interviewee Name: Donelle Boose Interviewer:Continue Reading