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COVIDintheSOUTH – Cultural Erasure

April 27, 2020

#COVIDintheSOUTH Crises like COVID-19 and climate change can fundamentally reshape how we see our communities and our society. How will artists, scholars, storytellers and activists help us remember these events and grapple with the lessons they hold for our shared … Read more

Greens and Culture in the South – Lowery On PBS Somewhere South

April 25, 2020

UNC historian Malinda Maynor Lowery guides Chef Vivian Howard during Lumbee Homecoming. The Lumbee culture’s unique collard green sandwiches provide insights into the first Southerners, their history, and their hospitality. But this episode of Somewhere South does not stop at collard … Read more

SOHP Completes Library of Congress Collection

April 22, 2020

Civil Rights Oral Histories Collected by SOHP In the weeks before COVID-19 halted visits to university campuses, research libraries, and archives, the Library of Congress released the final batch of interviews in their Civil Rights History Project (CRHP). Collected by … Read more

Working for Teachers – Christoph Stutts

April 22, 2020

McColl Dissertation Fellow Christoph Stutts Makes a Difference in Classrooms Racism and white supremacy are not easy conversations in any venue, but UNC Teacher Education and Curriculum doctoral candidate Christoph Stutts believes they are necessary topics in public schools. Stutts, … Read more

#COVIDintheSOUTH: Imagining What My Ancestors Would Do

April 21, 2020

On the air with WUNC Radio WUNC Radio’s Frank Stasio spoke with Malinda Maynor Lowery about the lessons we learn from those who came before us. It’s a discussion science fiction, scripture, and how Lumbee “outlaw” hero Henry Berry Lowrie … Read more