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
Reclaiming the University of the People
Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Document Description: Around 250 students and community members gathered on August 20, 2018 at the Peace and Justice Plaza onContinue Reading
Document Description: In October 2015, the Real Silent Sam Coalition held a continuous reading of slave narratives in front ofContinue Reading
Document Description: In August 2011, a new organization formed comprised of both students and Chapel Hill and Carrboro permanent residents,Continue Reading
The University’s Confederate Monument, which has been known since the 1950s as “Silent Sam,” operated for over a century asContinue Reading
McCorkle Place is the memorial nexus of the University and the campus’s symbolic front lawn. Within the space, there areContinue 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: Michelle Brown remembers the renaming of Saunders Hall and the activism of the Real Silent Sam Coalition, statingContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Michelle Brown explains how difficult communicating across student organizations and interests can be, but how necessary it isContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: John Bradley explains that when movements stall, there is a need to shift the public narrative in orderContinue Reading
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