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 […]
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The 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 MoreExhibition 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 threat of violence while at […]
Read MoreStone 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 a semester-long paid fellowships. […]
Read MoreStone Center to host symposium on the status of black bookstores
On Thursday, March 28 at 6:30pm, the Stone Center will host the 2019 Diaspora Lecture and Roundtable. This year’s program will feature a small symposium entitled Black-Owned Bookstores: Their Struggle […]
Read MoreApplications 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 two undergraduates of color or […]
Read MoreStone 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 a Spiritual Journey. The show […]
Read MoreStone Center to host award-winning musical on Big Mama Thornton on March 1
On March 1 at 7pm, the Stone Center will present a solo dramatic performance by multi-talented performer Azusa SHESHE Dance entitled Houn’ Dawg: Life and Times of Big Mama Thornton. The award-winning […]
Read MoreStone Center to host trip to Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Alternative Spring Break has been cancelled. However, students will still have an opportunity to visit the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum. This service learning trip will […]
Read More2018 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Schedule
The Fall 2018 edition of the festival is presented in cooperation with the following UNC-CH departments and community co-sponsors: African Studies Center, Ngozi Design Collective, the Department of Women and […]
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