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APRIL 6, 2011 PLEASANTS FAMILY ROOM AT WILSON LIBRARY 6 P.M. The Center for the Study of the American South is honored to have John T. Edge, monthly food columnist for the New York Times and a contributing editor at Garden & Gun, giving the 2010-11 Charleston Lecture. In his lecture he will…

Isabel Wilkerson, former national correspondent and bureau chief at The New York Times and the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, will discuss her new book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…

Alessandro Portelli Lecture (11/3/2010) from CSAS on Vimeo. Dr. Alessandro Portelli, professor of American Literature at the University of Rome-La Sapienza will be speaking about his new book, They Say in Harlan County, An Oral History (Oxford University Press, 2010). Stories of 150 residents of Harlan County, Kty., over the…

Pauli Murray v. UNC (11/3/2010) from CSAS on Vimeo. A participating event in the Pauli Murray Centennial Celebration, Pauli Murray Project, Duke Human Rights Center. The Pauli Murray Project, an initiative of the Duke Human Rights Center focused on the Durham neighborhood where Murray grew up, is celebrating the 100th…

CAROLINA BLUES BENEFIT WITH LIGHTNIN’ WELLS & JOHN DEE HOLEMAN THE LOVE HOUSE LAWN/ 410 EAST FRANKLIN STREET, CHAPEL HILL FRIDAY, NOV. 5 – 4:00 P.M. TO 6:00 PM, RAIN OR SHINE Free Admission / Donations Welcome – as are chairs & blankets for the lawn. John Dee Holeman and…

ALESSANDRO PORTELLI TO PRESENT ORAL HISTORIES OF HARLAN COUNTY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010 12 – 1 P.M. UNIVERSITY ROOM IN HYDE HALL Dr. Alessandro Portelli, professor of American Literature at the University of Rome-La Sapienza will be speaking about his new book,They Say in Harlan County, An Oral History(Oxford University Press,…

PAULI MURRAY V. UNC: WRESTLING WITH CHANGE IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH A participating event in the Pauli Murray Centennial Celebration, Pauli Murray Project, Duke Human Rights Center Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 at 6 p.m. Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library Reception prior to the discussion at 5:15 p.m., sponsored by…

Opening reception for Jimmy Williams’s photography exhibit, with musical performance by Big Ron Hunter. Thurs., October 14, 2010, 5:00–7:00 pm, Love House & Hutchins Forum. Free and open to the public. Jimmy Williams is a fine art and assignment photographer based in Raleigh, NC. He studied visual design at North…

THE SOUTHERN MUSIC CONCERT SERIES From blues to bluegrass and hip hop to ballads, the South has been fertile ground for some of the world’s best-loved music.  This fall, the Center for the Study of the American South is partnering with units at Carolina to present three special concerts showcasing…

A CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HARPER LEE’S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Sponsored by the UNC Center for the Study of the American South, UNC School of Law, Chapel Hill-Orange County Visitors Bureau, UNC Department of American Studies, and the Ackland Art Museum Thursday, October 28, 2010   5 – 9…