Embracing critical conversations and creative expressions for a diverse and changing South
“The promise and failure,” “the rise and retreat,” the “failed social experiment”—these are terms used by scholars and pundits to characterize the lost battle for school desegregation in the South and across the nation. But, drawing on nearly 100 oral … Read more
In this performance with the Process Series, Cherokee actor and writer DeLanna Studi explores the enduring impact of the Trail of Tears on contemporary communities using research, interviews, and her own family’s experience. Along with her father and a documentarian, … Read more
This semester, SOHP interns Alex Ford, Destinie Pittman, Devin Holman, and Monique Laborde interviewed members of the "Black Pioneers" -- the earliest cohorts of African American students who attended UNC between 1952-1972. On December 9th, the interns will share … Read more
Please join us in the FedEx Center for Global Education to celebrate the launch of the New Roots/ Nuevas Raíces: Voices from Carolina del Norte oral history website and digital information system. This bilingual initiative documents demographic transformations in North … Read more
Join us for final presentations by undergraduate students who have conducted oral history interviews and fieldwork/research this semester with the Southern Oral History Program. On April 28th at 10:00 am, the SOHP interns will stage a performance based on their … Read more