Taylor Webber-Fields on organizing as a way to restore voice to Black students
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields explains that the movement to rename Saunders Hall was more about giving voice to Black studentsContinue Reading
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Taylor Webber-Fields on the collective creation of language based on shared experience
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields explains the importance of Black students needing to collectively create a shared language through which toContinue Reading
Chris Faison on the evolution of the Black Student Movement
Excerpt Description: Chris Faison describes how the political engagement of the Black Student Movement has been forced to change overContinue Reading
Mars Earle on the joy of a party for Black students on Polk Place
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle details a party for Black students held on Polk Place on the last day of classesContinue Reading
Mars Earle on learning the history of UNC-Chapel Hill
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle explains how they learned the history of the University at the same time that they wereContinue 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
Mars Earle on creating social spaces within and outside the movement
Excerpt Description: Mars Earle describes the creation of “women’s nights,” social events which brought together student participants in social justiceContinue Reading
Blanche Brown on performance art as engagement tactic
Excerpt Description: Blanche Brown explains how the Real Silent Sam Coalition used performance tactics to engage other students in theContinue Reading
Blanche Brown on the reincarnations of student organizations around racialized geographies
Excerpt Description: Blanche Brown explains the various reincarnations of student groups that have organized around the campus’s racialized geographies. https://uncofthepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/brown-blanche_rsscpreviousreincarnations1.mp3Continue Reading
Blanche Brown on the history of student engagement in campus activism
Excerpt Description: Blanche Brown chronicles how student engagement with justice movements has changed over time. https://uncofthepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/brown-blanche_paststudentgroups1.mp3 Interviewee Name: Blanche BrownContinue Reading