Category: Stone Center News & Events

The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film (Fall 2022)

Since its inception in its current format in 2004, the annual Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film at the Stone Center has been spotlighting...

Mixed Media Artist Anike Robinson Brings ‘Gris Gris Gurlz’ to Brown Gallery and Museum

Mixed media artist Anike Robinson will bring her imaginative Gri Gris Gurlz exhibition to the Stone Center's Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum during...

The 2022 Diaspora Film Festival Kickoff Features UNC-Chapel Hill Alum, Resita Cox’s Acclaimed Documentary

The film FREEDOM HILL spotlights the oldest town incorporated by freed, formerly enslaved people in the United States. Not long after graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill...

Headshot photo of Howard Lee wearing a suit and blue tie

In Conversation with Howard N Lee, U.S. Army Veteran, Social Worker, Public Servant & Educator

Please join us on October 19, at 12 noon for a discussion with former Chapel Hill mayor, Howard N. Lee, on a lifetime of public...

The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film (Fall 2021)

The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film is the Stone Center's annual series spotlighting films from all corners of the African diaspora.  Many of the screenings...

The Stone Center’s Writers’ Discussion Series — Terza Lima-Neves

Title: Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution -- Kriolas Poderozas; EDITED BY TERZA A. SILVA LIMA-NEVES AND AMINAH N. PILGRIM Terza A. Silva...

Genna Rae McNeil stands on a stage beside Colin A. Palmer during the 14th annual African-American History Month Lecture at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center at UNC-Chapel Hill

Genna Rae McNeil retires after 36 years at UNC

Genna Rae McNeil will retire this spring after a remarkable thirty-six-year career at UNC-Chapel Hill. McNeil is the first Black tenure-track faculty member in the...