The Pit
The Pit is a central gathering place for students, a sunken plaza located between Lenoir Dining Hall, two libraries, theContinue Reading
Reclaiming the University of the People
Racial Justice Movements at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Pit is a central gathering place for students, a sunken plaza located between Lenoir Dining Hall, two libraries, theContinue Reading
The University’s Confederate Monument, which has been known since the 1950s as “Silent Sam,” operated for over a century asContinue Reading
South Building, home to the University’s administration, has been the site of dozens of student protests, rallies, and sit-ins overContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Taylor Webber-Fields remembers the “Speaking Back to Wainstein Rally” was a space to give voice back to BlackContinue Reading
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes how speak-outs were used as a consciousness-raising tactic for the BCC movement in which toContinue 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
Document Description: The first student organization that formed around issues relating to the University’s history with racial injustice was StudentContinue Reading
Document Description: The first student organization that formed around issues relating to the University’s history with racial injustice was StudentContinue Reading
Document Description: The first student organization that formed around issues relating to the University’s history with racial injustice was StudentContinue Reading