Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
"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
Join us at the Center as we launch our Fall 2017 art exhibit, featuring story quilts based on the deployed experiences of Native American military veterans. Inspired by oral history interviews with veterans from each of North Carolina's eight state- … Read more
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
Join us at the Love House & Hutchins Forum as we celebrate the publication of Gabrielle Calvocoressi's new book of poetry, Rocket Fantastic. Calvocoressi teaches creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill, and she recently assumed duties as poetry editor for Southern … Read more