UNC Story Archive Recording with Miriam Madison2 items
Date Deposited: 2021-09-21
Collection: UNC Story Archive (70096)
Collection Number: 70096
Finding Aid: https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/70096/
During a remote recording session, Miriam Madison (Class of 2021), a first-generation student from Georgia, shares that attending a lecture during a visit to UNC “where they were talking about Black history and Black culture...sort of cemented my decision in wanting to attend UNC” but that the first day “was a complete shock for me...I feel like I ... Read more
During a remote recording session, Miriam Madison (Class of 2021), a first-generation student from Georgia, shares that attending a lecture during a visit to UNC “where they were talking about Black history and Black culture...sort of cemented my decision in wanting to attend UNC” but that the first day “was a complete shock for me...I feel like I was sort of thrust into the racism that was apparent at UNC”. Madison took a break from UNC to prioritize mental health after a classmate assaulted them and CAPS failed to provide “any tools that I could utilize to... deal with the anxiety and the depression”. But, upon returning, a group of new professors and graduate students “really affirmed my thinking and affirmed my identity as a Black woman on campus”; seeing the "Black women in the African American studies department" was a surprise "and it was almost like they were waiting for me...sort of like divine intervention and divine covering". Madison describes how volunteer work “fills my cup up” and “has really fueled me in making sure that Black people have material benefits in this lifetime”.Read less