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Interview no. | L-0293 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
Project description | Interviews, 1990-2010, about the Campus Y and Anne Queen, its director, 1964-1975. The Campus Y, a student organization founded in 1859, was active in integrating the University of North Carolina's undergraduate program, the local civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests, overturning the Speaker Ban Law, the Foodworkers' Strikes of 1969 and 1970, anti-apartheid work, and other major social movements. Interviewees include former Y student leaders, alumni, staff, and University administrators, who focus on the significance of the Y, with reflections on social movements, the development of social consciousness, staff support, student leadership and community, and work in post-college life. |
Date | January 19 2010 |
Interviewee | Chilton, Mark. |
Interviewee occupation | Mayors |
Interviewee DOB | 1970 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Vaughan, Hudson. |
Abstract | Mark Chilton, the current Mayor of Carrboro and a Campus Y leader in the late 1980s and early 1990s, reflects on his time at the Campus Y working with the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC). Chilton discusses how he became involved with the SEAC and how he quickly felt empowered and drawn to leadership roles; the tension between the Campus Y and university administration; the role of the Y in shaping the foundations of people, regardless of their careers after college. Chilton mentions Alexzine Whitted and the powerful role she played in supporting student efforts as a staff member of the Y, and talks extensively about efforts to get the UNC campus to support recycling, including a protest where he delivered a box of recycling materials to Chancellor Hardin’s office to demonstrate the unsupported work of students. Chilton ran for Chapel Hill Town Council as a student, and remembers how the Y helped him become the first and only undergraduate Chapel Hill Town Council member. Chilton concludes by talking about the overall significance of the Y, the power of the SEAC movement, and the ways in which his Campus Y experience has shaped his career as a public servant. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Interview Database. |
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Interview no. | L0293_Audio |