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Interview no. | L-0326 |
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 | 24 August 2010 |
Interviewee | Luker, Jean. |
Interviewee occupation | Administrative assistants |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer |
Vaughan, Hudson. Davidson, Sandra. |
Abstract | Jean Luker, Campus Y Staff member in 1966-1972, discusses her involvement and memories of the Campus Y. Luker recalls the Cafeteria Workers’ Strike, a protest aimed to obtain better working conditions and compensations for university employees. Luker and other staff members helped facilitate campus dialogue around the strike between Y students, the Black Student Movement and faculty. Specifically, Luker helped gather and publish the Workers grievances. Luker recalls the Walk Against Hunger, a twenty-five mile fundraiser that led participants through the most affluent and the most impoverished neighborhoods in Chapel Hill. Luker reflects on the influence the Y had on the campus and the community. She remembers the effort the Y put forth to make African American students feel welcome on campus, and additionally, the role Y Director Anne Queen had on getting students and staff involved in politics beyond the campus. Luker does not remember the Y as closely tied to the National YMCA. Luker attributes the longevity of the Y to its high quality student leadership and to its commitment to serving the community beyond the campus of UNC. She concludes by talking about how the Y helps foster idealism that is needed to create social change. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | L0326_Audio |