In 2005, the University dedicated this memorial to honor the countless enslaved and free African Americans who served the campus. Inspired by the graves of unknown African Americans in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, artist Do Ho Suh created 300 individual figurines holding a stone table surrounded by five stone seats. The memorial is a gift from the Class of 2002.
The central part of the memorial acts as a table and contains the inscription: “The Class of 2002 honors the University’s unsung founders the people of color bond and free who helped build the Carolina that we cherish today.”