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(02/04/22 3:53am)
The readings for William Sturkey’s America in the Sixties class include much of what one might expect from another history course — speeches from John F. Kennedy, articles about the Vietnam War and lectures on the civil rights movement.
(11/21/21 8:39pm)
Fifty-one years ago today, James Cates Jr. attended an all-night dance in the Student Union. He had been asked to go to by the event organizers, the Committee for Afro-American Studies and the Carolina Union.
(10/25/21 12:28am)
In the first of a two-part webinar series, the Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward discussed the original motivation for the Unsung Founders Memorial and community responses from the time of the memorial's creation to its dedication.
(10/25/21 12:53am)
In June, members of the James Cates Remembrance Coalition signed a proposal to rename the UNC Student Stores building after James Lewis Cates Jr., a 22-year-old Black man murdered by a white supremacist biker gang in 1970 next to the Pit on UNC's campus.
(06/20/21 9:39pm)
Danita Mason-Hogans speaks at the NAACP Youth Council Juneteenth Celebration in Carrboro on Saturday June 19, 2021.
(06/22/21 3:03am)
The James Cates Remembrance Coalition sent a proposal to rename the Student Stores Building after James Lewis Cates Jr. to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and a University naming committee on June 15.
(05/25/21 1:05am)
The Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward met Monday to discuss campus building renaming, the UNC Board of Trustees' decision to not take action on approving Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure and projects regarding the Barbee-Hargraves Cemetery.
(03/30/21 2:33am)
In partnership with the Chapel Hill Public Library, Chapel Hill-area historians launched a new online exhibit on the Chapel Hill Community History website to document the role of Black women in local civil rights movements.
(12/08/20 11:08pm)
The Commission on History, Race, and a Way Forward met Monday to discuss updates on the Barbee Cemetery Project and removing the name of Morrison Residence Hall.
(11/29/20 11:40pm)
The University United Methodist Church rang 22 bells on Nov. 21, the 50th anniversary of James Lewis Cates’ murder, as Chapel Hill community members stood in silence at the Peace and Justice Plaza.
(10/20/20 11:48pm)
In January, former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools teacher Kim Talikoff had an idea.
(10/09/20 2:04am)
The UNC Commission on History, Race and A Way Forward discussed changing the narrative of history through storytelling during its meeting on Oct. 6.
(09/14/20 2:56am)
CLARIFICATION: A previous version of this article incorrectly outlined UNC's building name removal process. The article has been updated to reflect a more specific timeline of the process. Additionally, a previous version of this article incorrectly identified the location and timing of a vote related to the renaming of Bingham Hall.
(07/14/20 4:29am)
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify that both Charles Aycock and Josephus Daniels played a direct role in the Wilmington Massacre of 1898, a violent coup d'etat that resulted in the murder of at least 60 Black individuals.
(06/22/20 12:45am)
Image from an after school program in 1997 built by Danita Mason-Hogans to close to achievement gap between Black and white students. Photo courtesy of Danita Mason-Hogans.
(06/22/20 2:07am)
From a young age, Danita Mason-Hogans was surrounded by change-makers.
(06/19/20 1:40am)
At its June 17 special meeting, the Chapel Hill Town Council received updates on the Town’s response to the pandemic and took action on the affordable housing funding plan and the North-South Bus Rapid Transit project.
(06/15/20 6:08am)
Students may be gone for the summer, but campus activism is alive and reaching a higher pitch as members of the UNC community work for a stronger response to the movements against racial injustice that are sweeping the country.
(03/04/20 8:37pm)
The University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward discussed the sinking of the Unsung Founders Memorial at its second meeting on Tuesday.
(02/10/20 12:58am)
Members of the newly formed Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward gathered in Wilson Library on Friday afternoon for the group’s inaugural meeting.