1619 Collective Memory(ies) Symposium projects the past into the present and future
The Collective Memory(ies) Symposium aims to explore conversations about freedom and history, this Monday.
SONJA HAYNES STONE CENTER
Stone Center kicks off Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film
The opening film, "Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart," is an independent documentary about award-winning playwright Lorraine Hansberry, known for her activism and for being the first Black woman to have a production on Broadway.
Stone Center exhibit aims to reframe Black existence
Fahamu Pecou's exhibit at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center explores Black resiliency through a combination of West African tradition and hip hop culture. The showcase coincides with the Stone Center's wider project addressing perspectives that surround 1619 and slavery in America.
Discussion on Black-owned bookstores to be held at Sonja Haynes Stone Center
Black-owned bookstores, which serve a vital function in Black communities, have declined as corporations like Amazon and Barnes and Noble are on the rise. This trend will be detailed during the “Black-Owned Bookstores: Their Struggle for Survival and Revival” event.
TaKeia N. Anthony explores the African diaspora in Writer's Discussion series
A lecture series is coming to UNC to talk about the lesser-known details of the African diaspora.
Morehead Planetarium trained astronaut Charlie Duke, celebrating 50 years since moon walk
“It's a human being going to another place and coming back to tell you what they found, to tell you how they felt, to tell you things that no other creature or no other robotics could ever tell you."
Race, sexuality and the South intersect in Stone Center's Writer's Discussion Series
“There's also something about bearing witness to the story with others that makes things really powerful. Having people share their stories is a way to give them a platform to speak their truth, to potentially shape public opinion about a population or minority group but also to humanize people in the eyes of those who might be bigoted.”
How do you define a racist idea? Here’s what the Office for Diversity and Inclusion's latest lecturer says
Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author Ibram X. Kendi gave a lecture on the history of racism in America at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center.
Celebrate Black History Month at UNC with a jam-packed schedule of events
Feb. 1 marked the kickoff of Black History Month, and the Black Student Movement at UNC celebrated with a ceremony. BSM President Qieara Lesesne said she hopes campus events honoring African Americans "recenter our community and serve as a way to refocus on things that are positive."
Stone Center to host 15th annual "He Was a Song, He Was a Poem" for MLK Day
Charles E. Williams, an artist based out of Greensboro, N.C., explores the family relationship, forgiveness and transformation in his exhibit.The exhibit is debuting just in time for Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Stone Center.
Look back at the history of UNC’s Black Student Movement this MLK day
The UNC Black Student Movement emerged in the fall of 1967, changing the path of UNC while giving a voice to Black students.
Sonja Haynes Stone Center celebrates 30th anniversary at UNC
The Sonja Haynes Stone Center is celebrating its history of being a special spot on campus for Black inclusion, culture and conversation.
Nnenna Freelon encourages students to appreciate life at Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture
“We were dreamed here, for a reason. By people who had little reason to believe that dreams could come true."
Stone Center film festival celebrates new aspects of the African diaspora
The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film is coming to Franklin Street to screen films that celebrate diversity. If you're a film buff, or even if you just want to see something off the big motion picture screens, check out the list of movies being shown.
'Aswarm With the Spirits of All Ages Here' inspires empathy and reflection
The Stone Center’s new exhibition, “Aswarm With the Spirits of All Ages Here: Inconceivable Spaces of Slavery and Freedom,” opens Jan. 25 at 7 p.m.
One of first African-American undergrads at UNC dies
John Lewis Brandon, a key challenger of racial segregation at UNC, died on Jan. 22, in Houston after complications from cancer. He was 80 years old. His death comes less than a month after the death of his classmate, LeRoy Frasier, who died on Dec. 29.
LeRoy Frasier, one of the UNC's first African American undergraduates, dies
LeRoy Frasier, a Durham native who was one of the first black undergraduate students to attend UNC, died on Dec. 29, in New York City due to heart failure. He was 80 years old.
