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Surf’s up in Carolina and other southern coastlines, and the oral histories are available to explore through SOHP and UNC Library.   While most people don’t associate surfing with the American South, the region boasts some of the most beautiful coastlines in the country. Although the swells that break along…

The humanities are critical to communities and their responses to the challenges of climate change, coastal erosion and other environmental issues. Scholars with the new Coasts, Climates, Humanities and the Environment Consortium (CCHEC), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, are tacking those issues one by one, identifying the needs,…

Hiring artist/designer for unique project   The Southern Oral History Program seeks to hire an artist/designer with ties to the South. This artist will create five original posters to accompany an oral history project commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment and pushing voter registration and turnout in November 2020….

TEAM ADVANCE hosted a special conversation on Anti-Blackness, White Privilege, and Allyship. The conversation included Dr. Sharon Holland, Director of Critical Ethnic Studies initiative at UNC Chapel Hill. The discussion also featured Dr. William Sturkey, Dr. Heidi Kim, and Dr. Mark Katz, and was moderated by Dr. Kia Caldwell and Dr….

Personal Preservation: Keeper of Culture Bill Ferris’s Storied Career Reveals Depths of Deep South   For six decades Ferris has been sticking his nose into obscure corners of American culture. His curiosity has been rewarded with a leadership position at the National Endowment for the Humanities and two 2019 Grammy…

  Stream Sonny Kelly’s The Talk, through July 10, from PlayMakers Repertory Company.     A “virtuosic one-man show about the difficult conversation a father must have with his son in a racially-divided America,” the performance has been lauded by former Attorney General Eric Holder in his 2013 NAACP speech.   Offered…

We have a podcast! We are thrilled to launch our podcast Southern Futures to tell stories of the diverse and changing South hosted by our own Melody Hunter-Pillion. We are launched our first two episodes with Tyree Daye, Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley and Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery. Visit our podcast…

 Artwork by Ellie Little George Floyd’s roots are here. He was born in our state, and Floyd’s family will hold a public viewing and private memorial service in Hoke County. Protests crying out against his murder and anti-black violence have filled the streets of many North Carolina cities and the…

  Join our 2019-2020 McColl Dissertation Fellow Christoph Stutts and panelists Malinda Maynor Lowery and Rachel Seidman here for a discussion on incorporating histories of racism and white supremacy into public school curriculum. Christoph Stutts the 2019-2020 McColl Dissertation Fellow and recent PhD in Teacher Education and Curriculum.Malinda Maynor Lowery…

Historian Shaped and Advanced SOHP THANK YOU AND FAREWELL TO RACHEL SEIDMAN With bittersweet feelings and our deepest gratitude, we say farewell and best wishes to Rachel Seidman, Ph.D., Director of the Southern Oral History Program. Rachel has been with the Center for the Study of the American South for…