This Is What Saunders Would Do To Me
Document Description: In the spring semester of 2015, members of the Real Silent Sam Coalition began to rally not justContinue Reading
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The Pit
The Pit is a central gathering place for students, a sunken plaza located between Lenoir Dining Hall, two libraries, theContinue Reading
Memorial Hall
The original Memorial Hall was constructed in 1875 to honor President David Lowry Swain and fallen Confederate alumni. Dozens ofContinue Reading
Wilson Library
Wilson Library, which holds the University Library’s special collections, is a crucial site for students to research the history ofContinue Reading
Murphey Hall
Students Seeking Historical Truth, the first student organization that formed around issues relating to the University’s history with racial injustice,Continue Reading
Saunders Hall
Saunders Hall, home since 1922 to the History Department, and later the Religious Studies and Geography Departments, was named byContinue Reading
Steele Building
When the first Black students desegregated the University in the summer of 1951, the four male law students lived onContinue Reading
Confederate Monument
The University’s Confederate Monument, which has been known since the 1950s as “Silent Sam,” operated for over a century asContinue 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