Chris Baumann on the continuing problems facing low-wage workers
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann explains the struggle housekeepers faced to get the University to meet the conditions of the settlementContinue Reading
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Cheek-Clark Building
On September 17, 1998, dozens of members of the University community, representing housekeepers, administrators, professors, and trustees, gathered to rededicateContinue Reading
Old West
Enslaved people constructed Old West in 1823. Though the building had many purposes throughout the last two centuries, it currentlyContinue Reading
Old East
On October 12, 1793, enslaved people began construction on Old East, the first public university building in the United States.Continue Reading
Chris Baumann on reparations for Black citizens
Excerpt Description: Chris Baumann describes how the UNC Housekeepers’ Association made their reparations case for the descendants of enslaved andContinue Reading
Housekeepers Association Proposed Settlement Draft
Document Description: In meetings with lawyers and advisors, the UNC Housekeepers Association developed by January 1996, what they named “aContinue Reading