Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
Atticus Reynolds is a drummer/composer from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His first EP (EMIT) is available on Bandcamp and Soundcloud, and his forthcoming album Ventana is a suite of original music inspired by folkloric Latin rhythms that was recorded in Puerto … 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
"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
"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
Join us for the first show of our Fall 2017 concert series! Music on the Porch is sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South, and all are welcome. Born in Chicago to a hippie-turned-born-again mother who … Read more