The movement for a freestanding Black Cultural Center, 1991–1993

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1. 1991–1993 Students campaign for a freestanding Black Cultural Center After Sonja Haynes Stone died in 1991, students, faculty and Black athletes at UNC pressed for a freestanding Black Cultural Center named for her. Following ma… People: Sonja Haynes StoneUNC University Archives (For the Record): Student Protests in Support of the Black Cultural Center, 1992
2. July 23, 1993 UNC Trustees approve a freestanding Black Cultural Center on the Coker site On July 23, 1993, the UNC Board of Trustees approved building a freestanding Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center on the Coker Woods site between Coker Hal…Daily Tar Heel, July 29, 1993, p. 1: BOT approves BCC on Coker site
3. August 20–23, 2004 The Sonja Haynes Stone Center celebrates its grand opening After more than a decade of organizing, the freestanding Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History opened in Coker Woods with a four-day celebrat… People: Sonja Haynes StoneDaily Tar Heel (DigitalNC): Set in Stone, August 23, 2004, page 1