Author: Olympia Friday

Communiversity Awarded Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student STEM Enrichment Program Grant

The Stone Center's Communiversity Youth Program (CYP) has been awarded a $180,000 Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) Student STEM Enrichment Program (SSEP) grant.  Communiversity is the...

Image of artwork, Blue Man in the Sea 2 by Toni Scott

Gallery Exhibit: “If We Must Die…We’ll Fight to the End: Resistance and Revolt Aboard the Slave Ship”

During the spring term 2023, the Stone Center will explore the phenomenon of physical resistance by African captives caught up in the grip of European...

Black and white headshot photo of Vincent Brown

UNC Prepares for the University-Wide Celebration of the Inaugural Dr. Genna Rae Mcneil Endowed Black History Month Lecture

Noted scholar, historian, and filmmaker Dr. Vincent Brown will deliver the inaugural Dr. Genna Rae McNeil Endowed Black History Month lecture. With the support of...

Black and white rendering of African captives fight against an 18th-century slave ship crew.

Gallery Exhibit Speaker Series: “If We Must Die…We’ll Fight to the End: Resistance and Revolt Aboard the Slave Ship”

The spring 2023 exhibition occurs simultaneously with a companion speaker series that features leading scholars whose work addresses some aspect of the special world and...