Polk Place Protest

Frank Alexander lost his Morehead scholarship in the 1970s after getting arrested at a civil rights protest. He tells his story 50 years later, after meeting another scholar who lost her award amid pro-Palestinian activism.

WUNC Higher Ed reporter Brianna Atkinson profiled the students.

In a two-part series, student activists reflect on their lives one year since UNC-Chapel Hill Polk Place protest. UNC student Laura Saavedra Forero shares her personal journey in activism leading up to the April 30 pro-Palestinian protest and losing the Morehead-Cain scholarship.

In a two-part series, student activists reflect on their lives one year since UNC-Chapel Hill Polk Place protest. UNC student Brendan Rosenblum was one of the fraternity brothers who held up the American flag when protesters attempted to replace it with a Palestinian one.

Several cases were set to go to trial today. The protest was one of the largest and most intense on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

The proposal comes after several pro-Palestinian protests and encampments at UNC System institutions earlier this year.

Roberts has been running the University since January. In this interview with Co-Host Leoneda Inge, he reflects on controversial decisions, policy changes, and campus protests.

UNC-Chapel Hill has already suspended about 15 students following a pro-Palestinian encampment late last month. Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts said the university is continuing to review other demonstrations and plans to “take action” against more protesters.

About a dozen protesters shouted "disclose, divest" as they were escorted out the meeting by UNC police.

UNC-Chapel Hill's Students for Justice in Palestine is calling for faculty to withhold grades until the university lifts suspensions of student protestors.