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COVIDintheSOUTH #COVIDintheSOUTH: Henry T. Clark Voices in Crisis News media have always held the role of informing the public of health workers’ essential work during pandemics. In this excerpt from the Southern Oral History Program, learn how hospitals in the South found an ally in the media. Before Henry T….

#COVIDintheSouth The Future and Truth Telling UNC alumna Mikaela Morgane Adams, highlights Indigenous history to reveal connections between the South and the world. Dr. Adams, Assistant Professor of Native American History at the University of Mississippi and author of Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South, provides…

Voices in Crisis As we see with the COVID-19 pandemic, families often stay together in times of crisis. In this excerpt from the Southern Oral History program we hear from a family in the rural South how they endured the a deadly flu epidemic in 1918. Stella Foust Carden quarantined…

Voices in Crisis News media have always held the role of informing the public of health workers’ essential work during pandemics. In this excerpt from the Southern Oral History Program, learn how hospitals in the South found an ally in the media. Before Henry T. Clark served as the first…

UNC faculty, are pivoting their course content to address issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching students to think creatively and to conduct research to benefit communities. Rachel Seidman, director of the Southern Oral History Program, and other professors describe how they and their students are adapting to meet challenges. Read…

In response to COVID-19, UNC-Chapel Hill has established a student care hub to support you, our students, as you navigate the impact of these extraordinary circumstances.  The CV19 Student Care Hub was created for ALL students – undergraduate, graduate, professional or part-time – whether you are living in North Carolina…

Our Favorites and Yours Many of us spent our first full week working from home as the nation fights the spread of COVID-19. A subsequent weekend at home made long walks, binge watching TV, and snacking par for the course. If you have quickly powered through all the recorded television…

Hearing and Honoring the Stories of the Formerly Enslaved Juneteenth Inspiration             As we celebrate and honor Juneteenth, let us reflect on the words of the formerly ensalved. Oral histories capture their joys, uncertainties, and hopes on the eve of Freedom. In early Spring 2020,…

  As a child growing up in 1950s Guildford County, North Carolina, David Grimes witnessed a national epidemic. The experience made a lifelong impression on Grimes and directed the course of his career. This image depicts the 1948 return of the polio virus in North Carolina. In Greensboro, Grimes’ hometown,…