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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& #39;s public history classes at UNC in 2015 and 2017. The visualization tool is especially helpful. http://unchistory.web.unc.edu/ ">https://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">https://medium.com/@danielle... 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">https://flockgeographies.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/z... 4/8
John K. Chapman& #39;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">https://catalog.lib.unc.edu/catalog/U... 5/8
Charlotte Fryar& #39;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/ ">https://uncofthepeople.com/">... 6/8
Omololu Babatunde& #39;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">https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/h... 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
