Past Events

Writers Discussion Series: On April 10th at 3:30PM Shannon Eaves, assistant professor of history at the College of Charleston, discusses her work: Sexual Violence and American Slavery – The Making of Rape Culture in the Antebellum South

Writers Discussion Series: On April 10th at 3:30PM Shannon Eaves, assistant professor of history at the College of Charleston, discusses her work: Sexual Violence and American Slavery – The Making of Rape Culture in the Antebellum South

Join us on the 2025 African Diaspora Lecture with Dr. Arturo Lindsay, artist, filmmaker, professor on February 25th at 6:30pm in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room. Prof. Lindsay will take about Congo Art, Aesthetics and the Visual Culture of Taller Portobelo (in the coast of the Republic of Panama).

The Spring 2025 Brown Gallery exhibition showcases the remarkable contributions of countless African Americans who built the historic buildings we collectively treasure. These individuals were skilled in principles of engineering, construction and business. Many became political and social leaders in their communities. Acknowledging the significance of this history is a start to preserving a tangible link to the past through our built environment African American artifacts in North Carolina. Entitled "We Built This: Profiles of Black Architects and Builders in North Carolina" this exhibit will run from mid-February to the end of April. The traveling exhibit is curated by PreservationNC.

Join us in the Stone Center Auditorium on February 20th at 7:00pm for the 2025 McNeil African American History Month Lecture. Dr. Claudrena  N. Harold, Prof. of History, U. of Virginia, will deliver the 2025 McNeil African American History Month Lecture on February 20th at 7pm.  The title of Pro. Herold's lecture is:  Truth Is on the Way: Gospel Music, Black Liberation, and the Politics of Freedom in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras. 

Patricia Timmons-Goodson, Dean and Chief Academic Officer of North Carolina Central University School of Law, will deliver the annual Stone Memorial Lecture at the Stone Center. This event will take place on Tuesday, November 12th at 6:00PM.

  Join us for a special pop up event presented by Vote to Live featuring special guests Michael Ealy, NC Attorney James Quander, and Stefanie Brown

Join the UNC Stone Center's Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film, in Collaboration with Provident1898, for a free community screening of two Durham-made films by Blackwomen filmmakers, J'Sha Gift and Angela Hollowell.