A Message from the Stone Center “…the oppressed are by their nature…forever in ferment and agitation against their condition and what they understand to be their oppressors. If not by overt rebellion or revolution, then in the thousand and one ways they will devise, with and without consciousness, to alter their condition.” Lorraine Hansberry […]
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The Sonja Haynes Stone Center is closely monitoring the spread of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. We will be updating our website regularly with information. The Stone Center, including the Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum will be closed. At this time, all spring events are canceled. The Stone Center Library is closed […]
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We are now accepting applications for the 2020 Sean Douglas Leadership Fellows Program (SDLF) and the 2020 Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship The Stone Center is currently accepting applications for two fellowship opportunities: 2020 Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship: The Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship (UISF) supports international study for two undergraduates of color or other students who, […]
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Update: This exhibition has been extended through Fall 2020. Click here for a video walkthrough of the exhibition Beginning January 28, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will recognize and pay homage to the life and work of Phil Freelon, who passed away on July 9, 2019. During his storied career […]
Read MoreThe Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History (Stone Center) joins with our colleagues, the immediate community, and all people of conscience throughout the State of North Carolina in expressing our opposition to the University’s November 2019 settlement brokered with the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans (NC-SCV). The NC-SCV has, through this […]
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Join us this semester at the Bull’s Head Bookshop for the 2020 edition of our Author’s Discussion Series. All discussions are free and open to the public and take place at 3:30pm on the 2nd floor of the bookstore. Each year, we invite authors and scholars to share their newest research on topics in African […]
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Communiversity Youth Programs (CYP) is looking for volunteers for the 2019-2020 school year. Volunteers will work in partnership with the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History and will serve as tutors and assistants of cultural enrichment activities for children in grades K-8 at University United Methodist Church, located at 150 E. Franklin […]
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2019 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Collective Memory(ies): Our Diaspora The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film is the Stone Center’s annual series spotlighting film from all corners of the African diaspora. Many screenings are North Carolina premieres and feature commentary and appearances by the directors and local scholars. This year’s edition will include community screenings at the Varsity Theater and in Durham at NC […]
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North Carolina’s ninth Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green, will deliver the Stone Center’s annual Sonja Haynes Stone Lecture on Tuesday, October 22. Green is the first African American and third woman to hold the title. A North Carolina native, Green has been active in the state’s literary and teaching community for more than 40 […]
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Under the looming threat of death, how might we inspire life? Through what mechanisms could we resist the psychological violence and despair inspired by the threat of violence while at the same time usher in hope? -Fahamu Pecou In September 2019, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center will host DO or DIE: Affect, Ritual Resistance. […]
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