History of the Black Student Movement at UNC

The Black Student Movement was established in November of 1967 as a result of the slow growth of the Black population on campus and because of Black student dissatisfaction with the campus NAACP chapter. It was from this beginning that the Black Student Movement began to take its position as being the leading voice for Black Students on UNC’s campus. The ensuing year became yet another momentous one for Black students on the campus because it was within this time frame that the Dixon Resolution and the Phipps Committee were established. The Dixon Resolution, written by Professor John Dixon on May 3, 1968, requested that the Chancellor appoint a five person committee to generate recommendations for the faculty to help improve the academic climate among Black students. It was the Phillips Committee, lead by Professor Dickson Phillips, that recommended an eight step plan to improve the intellectual climate and remove educational disabilities on the basis of the race of Black students on campus and those to come ... more.