"There is little to be done to change the history of our University and the actions of those we once chose to honor, but there should be swifter steps in taking a close look across our landscape and being sure we can fully be proud of what we see."
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By Madeleine Fraley Staff Writer Carolina Hall revealed its new panels providing historical context for the building last week.
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An exhibit in Carolina Hall displaying the history of UNC’s original decision to name the building after William Saunders and to change the title in 2015 was opened to the public Friday.
Read More »The Chancellor’s Task Force on UNC-Chapel Hill History is designing an indoor exhibit to explain the history of Carolina Hall.
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The James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy might be on its own soon.
Read More »Winston Crisp was probably exaggerating when he told the UNC Board of Trustees University Affairs committee that he could talk for three hours about University happenings.
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The leaders of the task force on UNC-Chapel Hill history said Thursday they will decide on the task force's full membership soon after fall break ends.
Read More »By Acy Jackson Assistant University Editor Followed by the music of Nina Simone, student activists called for the end of white supremacy on UNC’s campus. Students gathered on the steps of the currently named Carolina Hall to hold an opening ceremony for Hurston Hall, the name that activists have been pushing for since last year. Over the summer, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the building from Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall along with a 16 year moratorium on renaming historic buildings, despite activists efforts calling for the building to be named after Zora Neale Hurston. "'Carolina Hall' is a sugar-coating of Saunders Hall updated for the aesthetics of 21st-century white supremacy: color blindness and multicultural diversity," said the statement released by the Real Silent Sam Coalition after the decision to rename the building. "This isn’t justice, it’s pageantry. We named this building after Zora Neale Hurston precisely because racist and sexist admissions policies excluded her and other Black women from UNC.” Friday’s event began with senior June Beshea reading out the released statement. “We will not honor William Saunders, an architect of white supremacy.
Read More »Police were responding to a complaint when they removed Hurston Hall signs from the controversially named Carolina Hall on the last day of spring semester.
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When geography professor Altha Cravey refused to take down a Hurston Hall sign from her Carolina Hall window at the request of University police, UNC’s administration was quick to offer a response.
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Geography professor Altha Cravey said she was shocked to see police outside her office in Carolina Hall this morning.
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After 16 years of organizing to change the name of Saunders Hall, there will be no name changes for another 16 years.
Read More »UNC students, alumni and professors took to Twitter to react to the renaming of Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall.
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Saunders Hall is now Carolina Hall.
Read More »The UNC Board of Trustees voted to rename Saunders Hall to "Carolina Hall" Thursday morning. The vote constituted one of several resolutions addressing the controversy of historical campus landmarks activists say honor white supremacy.
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