Week of Events
Langston Hughes’s 1931 Visit to Chapel Hill: The Scottsboro Case and Legal Lynching
Langston Hughes’s 1931 Visit to Chapel Hill: The Scottsboro Case and Legal Lynching
featuring Jason Miller, Professor of English, NC State University Poet Langston Hughes debuted his most famous anti-lynching poem in Chapel Hill during his 1931 visit to Orange County. His appearance was so controversial that police were stationed outside the … Read more
The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC’s Black Veterans
The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC’s Black Veterans
a special, one-man performance & presentation by Dr. Sonny Kelly! From the Revolutionary War to modern day military operations, Black North Carolinians have fought for freedom, both on and off the traditional battlefield. They have served the U.S. military with … Read more
Private Booker T. Spicely Symposium
Private Booker T. Spicely Symposium
featuring Margaret Burnham, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of African Studies at Northeastern University A Carolina Public Humanities Co-Sponsored Symposium Private Spicely was a U.S. Army Soldier stationed at Camp Butner, North Carolina. In 1944, during … Read more