Ashley Davis on foodworkers’ funding the strike
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis explains that foodworkers and their supporters created the soul food cafeteria in Manning Hall to provideContinue Reading
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Physical Plant
On March 27, 1980 a group of housekeepers presented the Physical Plant Director, Claude Swecker, with a list of demandsContinue Reading
Manning Hall
Manning Hall, the original site of the University’s law school, served during the first Foodworkers’ Strike in 1969 as aContinue Reading
Membership Role and Dues Paid for the Janitors’ Association, 1935
Document Description: Kennon Cheek, Frank Hairston, Elliott Washington, and Melvin Rich established the Janitors’ Association in 1930 to promote cooperationContinue Reading
Ashley Davis on the soul food cafeteria in Manning Hall
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis describes the creation of the alternative soul food cafeteria set up in Manning Hall, where foodworkersContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the Black cultural center benefiting all people
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald argues that the Black cultural center movement was about creating a space that could benefit allContinue Reading
Carol McDonald on the historical legacies of Black workers rights
Excerpt Description: Carol McDonald describes how the connections between the BCC movement and the housekeepers’ movement were connected to theContinue Reading
Ashley Davis on the importance of UNC-Chapel Hill for social movements across North Carolina
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis states the importance of UNC-Chapel Hill in movement-making across North Carolina because of its status asContinue Reading
Ashley Davis on the reaction of white students to integration
Excerpt Description: Ashley Davis describes how white students reacted to the demonstrations of Black Power in the Foodworkers’ Strikes, explainingContinue Reading
Donelle Boose on racial justice as workers rights
Excerpt Description: Donelle Boose explains how CHAT tied together movements for justice, working for racial justice, economic justice, and historicalContinue Reading