What do blended musical genres and black architecture have in common with poetry slams? How did Creoles of color campaign for school desegregation in postbellum New Orleans? Join us for a friendly, informal poster session as we learn about recent … Read more

“Building a University of the People: The Movement for a Free-standing Black Cultural Center at UNC-Chapel Hill” As the SOHP’s University History Field Scholar, Charlotte Fryar has spent the last year exploring one of UNC-Chapel Hill’s most significant movements in … Read more

“Producing An Intimate Inventory: Race and Waste in an Aluminum Town” This dissertation project focuses on Badin, North Carolina, a segregated company town for workers at the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), from its establishment in 1915 to present-day issues of … Read more

Join us at the Center to celebrate a very special issue of Southern Cultures. We’ll enjoy music by Sam Gleaves, readings by Silas House, and a mountain menu by Sherri Castle. Attendance is free and open to the public, but … Read more