Back Ways and “Good Roads” Southern Oral History Program field scholars Darius Scott and Rachel Cotterman explore recent findings from Back Ways, an SOHP project that examines the relationship between infrastructure development and experiences of racial segregation in the rural American … Read more

In our first Hutchins Lecture of the semester, “The Beekeeper: Collecting Oral Histories of Black Southern Queer Women,” E. Patrick Johnson will discuss the methodological challenges he faced while conducting research about women as a man. He’ll also perform excerpts … Read more

In 1993, the Oral History Association established a series of awards to recognize outstanding achievement in oral history. We are delighted and honored to announce that New Roots/Nuevas Raíces: Voices from Carolina del Norte is the recipient of the 2016 Elizabeth B. Mason … Read more

Join us for final presentations by undergraduate students who have conducted oral history interviews and fieldwork/research this semester with the Southern Oral History Program. On April 28th at 10:00 am, the SOHP interns will stage a performance based on their … Read more

Rachel Seidman’s students have been investigating stories about Race, Gender, and Entrepreneurship, exploring themes such as motivations for entrepreneurship, training and education, attitudes toward debt and credit, the role of families, and connections to wider communities and social movements. They … Read more