Sonja Haynes Stone
Associated Building(s): Sonja Haynes Stone Center;
Other Relationships: Professor of African and African American Studies
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Lifespan: 1938-12-14/1991-08-10
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Relationship(s) to University: Professor
Era(s): 20th Century Modernization
Involvement(s): Civil Rights
Narrative: https://unchistory.web.unc.edu/building-narratives/sonja-haynes-stone-center-black-culture-history/
More info: https://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/show/names/stone-center
Latitude/Longitude: 41.877374, -87.700608
Sonja Haynes Stone (1938-1991) came to UNC in 1974 to lead the Curriculum in Afro-American Studies. Stone was a favorite professor to many students; she received the Class of 1990s Favorite Faculty Award and was the first recipient of the General Alumni Associations Outstanding Black Faculty Award. Before UNC, she worked in the Northeastern Illinois University Department of Inner City Studies.