Distinguished journalist, educator and activist Charles E. Cobb will deliver the 2021 African American History Month Lecture on Tuesday, February 23 AT 6:30pm EST via Zoom. Cobb is a […]
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2021 Diaspora Lecture
Joe W. Trotter, Jr. will deliver the 2021 Diaspora Lecture and discuss his latest publication Workers on Arrival: Black Labor and the Making of America. From the ongoing issues […]
Read More1619 Collective Memory(ies) Symposium
*PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS EVENT IS AT CAPACITY. WE WILL HAVE OVERFLOW SEATING WITH LIVE STREAMING AVAILABLE* Join the Stone Center on Monday, Nov. 11 as we host the […]
Read MoreBlack-Owned Bookstores: Their Struggle for Survival and Revival
Join us Thursday, March 28 for the 2019 African Diaspora Lecture and Roundtable entitled: “Black-Owned Bookstores: Their Struggle for Survival and Revival”. Recent scholarship has rediscovered the pioneering role of […]
Read MoreA Conversation with a Descendant of Frederick Douglass
Join us Monday, April 23 for an evening with Kenneth Morris, Jr. and Robert Benz of the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives (FDFI) as the Stone Center commemorates the bicentennial of […]
Read More14th Annual African American History Month Lecture
Dr. Gerald Horne will deliver the fourteenth annual UNC at Chapel Hill African American History Month Lecture on Wednesday, February 21st at 7p.m. Horne currently holds the John J. and […]
Read MoreEdwidge Danticat to deliver 25th Annual Stone Memorial Lecture
Edwidge Danticat, Award-winning author and activist will deliver the 25th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture. Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Claire of the Sea Light, a […]
Read MoreArt Exhibition Opening Reception and Artist Talk with artist Mequitta Ahuja
Figurative Painter Mequitta Ahuja opens Stone Center Fall 2017 Gallery Season “My work is a form of tribute, analysis and intervention: tribute, out of sincere admiration for the figurative tradition; […]
Read MoreAuthor and Activist Edwidge Danticat delivers Stone Lecture on September 20th!
Edwidge Danticat, Award-winning author and activist will deliver the 25th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture. Danticat is the author of numerous books, including Claire of the Sea Light, a […]
Read MoreSenegalese artist Bouna Ndiaye presents film and discussion on historic anniversary of the first “World Festival of Negro Arts”
In 1966, musicians, writers, sculptors, painters, performers, poets and other Art enthusiasts gathered in Dakar, Senegal for the first World Festival of Negro Arts (Premier Festival Mondial des arts nègres) . The festival drew attendees […]
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