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
Reclaiming the University of the People
Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Document Description: In October 2015, the Real Silent Sam Coalition held a continuous reading of slave narratives in front ofContinue Reading
Document Description: The housekeepers’ lawsuit was grounded in the phrase within the thirteenth amendment which abolished the “badges and indicesContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann explains the struggle housekeepers faced to get the University to meet the conditions of the settlementContinue Reading
The Unsung Founders Memorial was designed to honor of the “men and women of color who helped raise the firstContinue Reading
George Moses Horton, a former slave and the first Black author published in the South, traveled eight miles to theContinue Reading
On September 17, 1998, dozens of members of the University community, representing housekeepers, administrators, professors, and trustees, gathered to rededicateContinue Reading
Enslaved people constructed Old West in 1823. Though the building had many purposes throughout the last two centuries, it currentlyContinue Reading
The Old Chapel Hill Cemetery served in the late 1790s as the burial ground for any students who died whileContinue Reading
On October 12, 1793, enslaved people began construction on Old East, the first public university building in the United States.Continue Reading
Excerpt Description: Michelle Thomas describes the connection between the Black Cultural Center movement and the housekeepers’ movement as one determined byContinue Reading