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Gallery Exhibit: “If We Must Die … We Will Fight to the Death!: Resistance and Revolt Aboard the Slave Ship”

Filed in Exhibition, Lecture, Stone Center News & Events, Timeline | Posted January 12, 2023


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

Filed in Lecture, Stone Center News & Events, Timeline | Posted January 9, 2023


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 […]

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Stone Center Spring (2023) Gallery Exhibit Speaker Series – “If We Must Die … We’ll Fight to the End!: Resistance and Revolt Aboard the Slave Ship”

Filed in Exhibition, Lecture, Stone Center News & Events, Timeline | Posted January 9, 2023


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  […]

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

Filed in Diaspora Film Festival, Stone Center News & Events | Posted September 21, 2022


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 […]

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Tamara Lanier, the Connecticut Woman Leading (and Winning) the Legal Fight for Redress for Her Enslaved Ancestors, to Deliver the 2022 Stone Memorial Lecture

Filed in Lecture, Stone Center News & Events, Stone Memorial Lecture | Posted August 12, 2022


Tamara Lanier takes questions during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against Harvard University on March 20, 2019 in New York City.

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 […]

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The Stone Center Writer’s Discussion Series

Filed in Lecture, Literary (Book) Discussion | Posted August 9, 2022


  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 […]

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

Filed in Brown Gallery Art, Exhibition, Stone Center News & Events | Posted August 9, 2022


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 Fall 2022. Robinson is […]

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

Filed in Diaspora Film Festival, Stone Center News & Events | Posted August 9, 2022


Thursday, September 29, 6:00PM at the Varsity Theater , 123 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill  The film FREEDOM HILL spotlights the oldest town incorporated by freed, formerly enslaved people in […]

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

Filed in Stone Center News & Events | Posted October 1, 2021


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 service and community engagement with […]

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The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film

Filed in Diaspora Film Festival, Stone Center News & Events | Posted August 16, 2021


 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 […]

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