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1. Points of Interest

   1. Women's History

      1. Sonja Haynes Stone

         The Stone Center for Black Culture and History honors Dr. Sonja Haynes Stone (1938-1991) a beloved professor and prominent activist at UNC-Chapel Hill. Despite her outstanding qualifications, Stone was initially denied tenure in 1979; she gained it in 1980 only after student protests . During her time at the University, students and faculty joined Stone in a long struggle to have a freestanding black cultural center on campus, described in the pamphlet above; the center finally opened in 1988, and was renamed in Stone’s honor after her passing in 1991.

         Learn more about student activism and the founding of the Stone Center in Reclaiming the University of the People , a digital Ph.D. dissertation by Dr. Charlotte Fryar.

         See exhibit page .