Civil Rights Walk

Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/01/2009
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The Black History Walk was an event presented to teach the history of the struggle for Civil Rights on UNC’s campus and in the surrounding Chapel Hill community. Beginning in the Pit, the tour, conducted by Professor Tim McMillan of the African and Afro-American Studies Department, highlighted sites such as Franklin Street’s Chapel of the Cross, where a slave balcony still exists. Local community members talked about their experiences in Chapel Hill, the history of the fight for equality on Franklin Street and how the struggle continues to this day as local developments threaten the integrity of working and middle-class communities in Chapel Hill. The event was organized by the UNC-Chapel Hill Chapter of the NAACP, United with the Northside Community-Now (UNC-NOW) and Students for the Advancement of Race Relations (SARR) for a Black History Walk.