Statement from the Board of the Critical Ethnic Studies Collective at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  We strongly condemn the recent support for the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) by the Board of Governors of the University … Read more

If you know us, you know we’re always striving to nurture rigorous scholarship, critical conversations, and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South. These past few months have been as fruitful as ever. In addition to the highlights below, Southern … Read more

Wednesday, December 4 | 7pm NorthStar Church of the Arts, Durham In 1988, Lumbee Indian and attorney Julian Pierce was vying to become Superior Court Judge of Robeson County. Were he to win, he would become the first minority person … Read more

Almost 50 years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, we often take for granted that our federal, state, and local governments will provide and protect clean and safe drinking water for all Americans. Yet as the Flint, Michigan … Read more

Thursday, November 14  |  7:00 PM In 1970, a 22-year-old Chapel Hill man was stabbed during a racial brawl at a campus dance between a white biker gang and black youth. Despite a hospital being down the hill, James Cates … Read more