Week of Events
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
featuring Danielle Christmas, Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature TIME Magazine's Best Non-fiction Book of 2018 NPR's Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 New York Public Library's Best Book of 2018 —Written from Hurston’s perspective with the compassion and … Read more
The Rights of Nature in the USA: Legal and Social Debates
The Rights of Nature in the USA: Legal and Social Debates
Join us for a virtual screening of the acclaimed documentary Invisible Hand (2020), followed by a dialogue with US activists and scholars about the current struggles and advancements of the “Rights of Nature” in the USA. The Rights of Nature … Read more
A Celebration of Community: Black Poetry and Power
A Celebration of Community: Black Poetry and Power
featuring Tyree Daye, UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member and award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith, Duke Humanities Unbounded Fellow, local poet, and founder of Backbone Press CJ Suitt, first Poet Laureate of Chapel Hill Join us over Zoom for a celebration … Read more