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The special exhibition I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs in the American South, 1960–1970 opened Saturday, January 30, at the Two Mississippi Museums. Originally curated by William R. Ferris—Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, former chairman of the…

Cultural Postmortem Virtual Discussion         UNC Historian Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery joined Scholar-Artists in Conversation The 2020 US presidential race was one of the most politically and ideologically divisive and contentious races that we’ve ever seen. As the events of January 6, 2021 have illustrated, the nation…

COVID-response collaborative blends data science, community wisdom Photo by Sarah Daniels UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and graduate students create the I4 Boundary Spanners program to address local COVID-19 concerns by combining data analysis with firsthand community perspectives. Written by Shellie Edge. Read the article here.   

The Center for the Study of the American South, which hosts Southern Cultures, the Southern Oral History Program, Critical Ethnic Studies, and leads UNC’s Southern Futures Initiative, is changing the conversation about the American South using the world-class research and teaching that UNC offers. This year, we engaged in community collaborations, created…

  Prompted by the toppling of Silent Sam and the continued debate over Confederate monuments, the Center for the Study of the American South asked UNC students, faculty, and alumni to imagine the university’s future with public art in various forms. With the support of a generous donor, we funded…

The readers of Southern Cultures have articles they  have enjoyed reading time and time again during the challenges of 2020. Here’s a list of their top ten online Southern Cultures essays and articles for 2020. Have a look and enjoy reading.

Frank Stasio retired from WUNC Radio and his popular “The State of Things” program on November 25. Before leaving WUNC’s signature program, Stasio put together a list of his fondest shows, and one of them is with Center for the Study of the American South Director and UNC historian Dr….

Monuments are erected to create messages, and these structures actively work to develop public memory. The Center for the Study of the American South, using the expertise of other units of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (including Wilson Library and the University of North Carolina Press), has…

Southern Futures | Season Two

Efird and Holloman Receive Impact Award Two students associated with the Center for the Study of the American South are among 16 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students and recent graduate alumni selected to receive the Graduate School’s 2021 Impact Awards and Horizon Awards.   Diamond Holloman, a doctoral candidate in ecology,…