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Become a Communiversity Youth Program Volunteer!

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...

2019 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film

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...

Jaki Shelton Green to give 2019 Stone Lecture

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...

The 1619 Collective Memory(ies) Project

[caption id="attachment_1743" align="alignright" width="201"] "The Visit", Michael Platt Pigment Print on Paper, 22 x 28 inches, 2014[/caption] This fall, the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for...

Exhibition by renowned artist Fahamu Pecou to open in September

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...

Stone Center announces 2019 Fellows

The Stone Center has awarded two Sean Douglas Fellowships and six Undergraduate International Studies Fellowships (UISF) for 2019. The Sean Douglas Initiative offers two students...

Stone Center to host symposium on the status of black bookstores

On Thursday, March 28, at 6:30 pm, the Stone Center will host the 2019 Diaspora Lecture and Roundtable. This year's program will feature a small...

Applications are now open for 2019 fellowships

The Stone Center is currently accepting applications for 2 fellowship opportunities: 2019 Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship: The Undergraduate International Studies Fellowship (UISF) supports international study for...

Stone Center Spring 2019 Exhibition: Black River: Chronicle of a Spiritual Journey

This spring, the Sonja Haynes Center for Black Culture and History welcomes Greensboro-based artist Charles E. Williams and his exhibition entitled Black River: Chronicle of...

Stone Center to host award-winning musical on Big Mama Thornton on March 1

[caption id="attachment_1577" align="alignright" width="166"] Azusa SHESHE Dance[/caption] On March 1 at 7 pm, the Stone Center will present a solo dramatic performance by multi-talented performer Azusa...