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Looking for information about UNC building namesakes? Some of the best work on campus history has been done by Carolina students. 1/8
The "Names in Brick and Stone" website was created by students in Dr. Anne Whisnant's public history classes at UNC in 2015 and 2017. The visualization tool is especially helpful. http://unchistory.web.unc.edu/ @amwhisnant 2/8
On the first anniversary of the toppling of the statue on top of the Confederate Monument, a group of students led a campus tour of places dedicated to enslavers at white supremacists at UNC: https://medium.com/@danielledulken/places-dedicated-to-enslavers-and-white-supremacists-at-unc-chapel-hill-poster-tour-45a523200625 3/8
In 2016, students and faculty in the Department of Geography formed FLOCK (Feminists Liberating Our Collective Knowledge). The group produced a terrific zine that re-envisioned UNC history and geography: https://flockgeographies.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/zine-draft-for-website.pdf 4/8
John K. Chapman's dissertation, "Black Freedom and the University of North Carolina, 1793-1960" is an essential source for understanding UNC history: https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/UNCb7326423 5/8
Charlotte Fryar's dissertation "Reclaiming the University of the People: Racial Justice Movements at UNC-Chapel Hill" looks at more recent work to claim space for Black students and workers at UNC: https://uncofthepeople.com/ 6/8
Omololu Babatunde's recent honors thesis takes a theoretical look at the work of the Real Silent Sam Coalition and the effort to rename Saunders Hall: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/honors_theses/jh343x66n 7/8
These are just a few of many examples of important student scholarship on UNC history. For more suggestions, or with any questions you have about campus history, @WilsonLibUNC archivists are available to help. 8/8
