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 slavery. Using information, images, and […]
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UNC Prepares for the University-Wide Celebration of the Inaugural Dr. Genna Rae McNeil Endowed Black History Month Lecture
The inaugural lecture will take place on 22 February at 6:30 pm in the Stone Center Auditorium with guest speaker Dr. Vincent Brown, a noted scholar, historian and film maker […]
Read MoreStone Center Spring (2023) Gallery Exhibit Speaker Series – “If We Must Die … We’ll Fight to the End!: Resistance and Revolt Aboard the Slave Ship”
Spring Exhibition Opening – 2 Feb. @6:00pm | “If We Must Die … We’ll Fight to the End!: Resistance and Revolt Aboard the Slave Ship” Click HERE to RSVP […]
Read MoreTamara Lanier, the Connecticut Woman Leading (and Winning) the Legal Fight for Redress for Her Enslaved Ancestors, to Deliver the 2022 Stone Memorial Lecture
2022 Dr. Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture | Thursday, October 27th | 7:00p.m The 2022 Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture will feature a presentation by Tamara Lanier, the great-great-great granddaughter […]
Read MoreThe Stone Center Writer’s Discussion Series
Hawai′i Is My Haven – Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific by Nitasha Sharma November 10, 3:30-5:00p | Virtual Event (Zoom Webinar) Book Description: Hawaiʻi Is My Haven […]
Read MoreGenna Rae McNeil to Deliver the Stone Center’s Annual Dr Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture
Genna Rae McNeil, Professor Emerita of History at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a scholar of African-American and U.S. Constitutional history, will deliver the 2021 Dr. […]
Read MoreCharlie Cobb to deliver the 2021 African American History Month Lecture
Register here Distinguished journalist, educator and activist Charles E. Cobb will deliver the 2021 African American History Month Lecture on Tuesday, February 23 at 6:30pm via Zoom. Cobb is a […]
Read MoreJoe Trotter to deliver the 2021 Diaspora Lecture
Joe W. Trotter, Jr. will deliver the 2021 Diaspora Lecture on Thursday, February 4 at 3:30pm EST via Zoom. He will discuss his latest publication Workers on Arrival: Black Labor […]
Read MoreThe 1619 Collective Memory(ies) Project
This fall, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, working with other campus and community organizations, will sponsor a groundbreaking project on history and cross-cultural collective memory(ies). […]
Read MoreStone Center to commemorate Frederick Douglass bicentennial
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will host Kenneth B. Morris, Jr. a direct descendant of Frederick Douglass, on Monday, April 23 at 7pm. He will […]
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