Reclaiming the University of the People
Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Excerpt Description: Michelle Thomas describes the connection between the Black Cultural Center movement and the housekeepers’ movement as one determined byContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald argues that the Black cultural center movement was about creating a space that could benefit allContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes how the connections between the BCC movement and the housekeepers’ movement were connected to theContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Ed Chaney details the history of attacks against spaces for Black students on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus andContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: John Bradley explains that when movements stall, there is a need to shift the public narrative in orderContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann describes his role as a white student in the housekeepers’ movement as supportive and behind theContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann reveals that students and workers have and can collectively leverage power on the UNC-Chapel Hill campusContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann explains that justice movements at the University are built by each generation of students through aContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann describes how the UNC Housekeepers’ Association made their reparations case for the descendants of enslaved andContinue Reading
Document Description: The On the Wake of Emancipation Campaign was created by Kristi Booker, the president of the Black StudentContinue Reading