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Approved Minutes Virtual Meeting – Streamed on HRWF Youtube Channel University Commission on History, Race, and a Way Forward Meeting Agenda and Approved Minutes Virtual Meeting – streamed on HRWF YouTube Channel Monday, December 7, 2020 3:30-3:40PM Call to Order Jim Leloudis & Pat Parker, • Welcome Co-Chairs • Roll Call • Approval of Minutes, November 5, 2020 Meeting. 3:40-4:00PM Barbee Cemetery Project Update Dawna Jones & Seth Kotch Updates from the project co-leads on work completed Project Co-Leads and a discussion on their proposed community advisory group 4:00-4:10PM Presentation on Cameron Morrison Dossier Jim Leloudis Possible vote to recommend name removal Co-Chair 4:10-4:25PM Discussion on Commission Work to Date Pat Parker Commission discussion on work completed thus far Co-Chair and plans for the next year. 4:25-4:30PM Next Steps and Adjourn 1 Commission on History, Race, and a Way Forward (December 7, 2020) Approved Minutes Present: Commission Members: Patricia Parker, James Leloudis, Delores Bailey, Larry Chavis, Ronald Harris, Kenneth Janken, Dawna Jones, Joseph Jordan, Seth Kotch, Danita Mason-Hogans, Ariana Avila, Danita Horton, Graham Watkins, Amy Locklear Hertel. Giselle Corbie-Smith, Nicholas Graham I. Welcome and Introduction Commission Co-Chair Jim Leloudis congratulated the Commission on completing the semester, welcomed Commission members to the meeting and completed the roll call. Minutes of the November 5th meeting were approved. II. Barbee Cemetery Project Update Chair Pat Parker introduced Seth Kotch and Dawna Jones who would be providing an update on the Barbee Cemetery Project. Seth Kotch and Dawna Jones presented the following updates to the Commission: • Site visit conducted by Seth Kotch, Dawna Jones, Anna Rose Medley, and Miriam Chisholm • Conversation with colleagues at the University of Virginia about a similar project they are undertaking • Plan to collate information regarding the Barbee Cemetery and the lives of enslaved people who lived at the labor camp as well as information on other labor camps in North Carolina • Plan to create a community advisory board which will help guide this work by providing input. This board will consist of members of the Clark family, NAACP members, and representatives from other groups. Co-Chair Parker thanked Kotch and Jones for leading this project. Parker opened the floor for discussion. Discussion centered around identifying local groups focused on reclamation projects, partnership with Kenan-Flagler, and expanding the scope of the project to other local burial sites where enslaved peoples might be buried. III. Presentation on Cameron Morrison dossier Co-Chair Leloudis presented a dossier on Cameron A. Morrison. A motion to approve and include this dossier into the next recommendation to the Chancellor was moved, seconded, and unanimously carried. Dawna Jones asked if there have been any updates in the process for re- naming buildings and Leloudis responded that in the near future the trustees will lay out a process for re-naming. Graham Watkins asked if there is a goal for when the next recommendation would be sent to which Leloudis answered early Spring 2021 as there is at least one other name that should be bundled with this current recommendation. Leloudis also informed Commission members about a potential National Defense Authorization Act which 2 would include the creation of a commission to explore the removal of Confederate names from military bases. Danita Mason-Hogans noted that North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University removed Morison’s name from the landscape. Giselle Corbie-Smith mentioned the importance of having this archival research included in an enduring way in the renaming. Jones brought up the possibilities of using the website, social media and technology to make sure people can follow along with the Commissions work and to access this research. Leloudis updated Commission members that the Commission is working with UNC Creative on updates to the website. Delores Bailey asked how the community knows about this work. Co-Chair Parker answered that some of the behind the scenes work of preparing a new website will support in informing the community of the Commission’s work. IV. Discussion on Commission Work to date Parker transitioned to a discussion and reflection on the Commission’s work to date. In February 2020, the Commission received its three-year charge to explore the history of race at the University. In January and February 2021, there is a goal to set priorities for the Commission. Co-Chair Leloudis noted that regarding research, there are voids in the knowledge about the University’s relationship to indigenous peoples and the University’s relationship with racial slavery. Regarding teaching, there is an opportunity to effectively share these narratives by pulling together research. Parker noted that the Commission is taking on this bold project and could serve as a catalysis for research, teaching, and engagement in other areas. She brought up Delores Bailey’s point about ethical engagement and giving this research back to the people to whom it belongs - whether the local community or communities in other parts of the state. The goal in the New Year is to engage with the complexity of the scope of the work, have impact, and identify priorities. Leloudis discussed the idea of place making and how McCorkle Place has become a space of memory at UNC. Danita Mason-Hogans thanked Parker and Leloudis for their leadership, discussed conducting research on the long-lasting impact of the historical legacy of the University on people native to those lands, and mentioned the idea of partnering with people in the community to gain a better understanding. Parker discussed the importance of developing a process in the New Year to identify priority items. She also noted the potential for facilitated conversations to support this task. Mason-Hogans supported the importance of prioritizing the development of this process. Meeting adjourned was adjourned at 4:30PM Attachments: 12/07/20 HRWF Presentation Cameron Morrison Dossier 3 UNIVERSITY COMMISSION ON HISTORY, RACE, AND A WAY FORWARD December 7, 2020 3:30-4:30PM Virtual Meeting – HRWF YouTube Channel 4 DECEMBER 7, 2020. FULL COMMISSION MEETING I. Update on Barbee Cemetery project i. Updates from the project co-leads on work completed ii. Discussion on the proposed community advisory group Agenda II. Presentation on Cameron Morrison dossier i. Possible vote to recommend name removal III. Discussion on Commission work to date i. Commission discussion on work completed thus far and plans for the next year 2 5 Update on Barbee Cemetery Project THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 6 Presentation on Cameron A. Morrison THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 7 CAMERON A. MORRISON THE BOT NAMED THIS BUILDING IN 1964 TO HONOR MORRISON, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1921-1925 •Organized and led vigilantes called Red Shirts in the 1898 white supremacy campaign •Staked his 1920 gubernatorial campaign on his credentials as an unrepentant white supremacist •Supported a $20 million-dollar state bond issue in 1921 to fund the construction of new classroom buildings and residence halls Morrison Residence Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina •Opposed Black claims on equal rights until the end of his life 5 8 Discussion on Commission Work to Date THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL 9 10 Morrison Residence Hall The Board of Trustees named this building in 1964 to honor Cameron A. Morrison, governor North Carolina, 1921-1925.1 Morrison: • Organized and led vigilantes called Red Shirts in the 1898 white supremacy campaign • Staked his 1920 gubernatorial campaign on his credentials as an unrepentant white supremacist • Supported a $20 million-dollar state bond issue in 1921 to fund the construction of new classroom buildings and residence halls on the campus of the University of North Carolina • Opposed Black claims on equal rights until the end of his life Cameron Morrison was born in 1869, the son of Daniel M. and Martha C. Morrison. He was educated in the Rockingham public schools and at a private academy in Ellerbe Springs. Morrison did not attend the University of North Carolina, but he served on the Board of Trustees as an ex officio member from 1921 to 1925 and by appointment from 1929 until his death in 1953. Morrison read law with Greensboro jurist Robert P. Dick and was admitted to the bar in 1892. He had a long career in North Carolina politics, serving in a variety of posts: mayor of Rockingham in the mid 1890s; state senator, 1900-1901; presidential elector, 1916; governor, 1921-1925; member of the Democratic National Committee, 1928; U.S. Senator, 1930-1932; U.S. Congressman, 1943-1945; and North Carolina delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1924, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952.2 Morrison's father, Daniel, served as a private in the Confederate army, but he was, at best, a reluctant secessionist. After the Civil War, the elder Morrison became a staunch Republican, casting his lot with a coalition of Blacks and dissenting whites who advocated equal 1 The minutes of trustee meetings contain no record of the decision to honor Morrison, but the student newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel, referred to the building by name in 1964 and noted that construction was scheduled for completion by September 1965. See "11,200 Students Expected Here for Classes in Fall," Daily Tar Heel, August 6, 1964. 2 Nathaniel F. McGruder, "Cameron Morrison," in William S. Powell, ed., vol. 4, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1991), 328-30; North Carolina Senate, 1901, Carolana.com, https://bit.ly/3olG6QA; "Cameron Morrison," in History of North Carolina, vol. 5, North Carolina Biography (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1919), 227-28; Cameron A. Morrison," Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, https://bit.ly/35wqG3n; North Carolina delegate lists, Democratic National Convention, Political Graveyard, 1924, https://bit.ly/34z06qZ, 1940, https://bit.ly/3e0FLhp, 1944, https://bit.ly/3e3RKKY, 1948, https://bit.ly/2HA9eT7, 1952, https://bit.ly/2G4d72e.
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