Posted by
Alyssa on
31 August 2010, 2:08 pm
On July 26, a mural named SERVICE was dedicated at UNC’s School of Government in the Knapp-Sanders Building. The mural depicts a gathering of African-American leaders at the counter of a diner, painted by Colin Quashie as a creative interpretation of the historical 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in. We will be featuring each of the [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, Civil Rights, North Carolina, Southern Studies.
Tagged Aaron Moore, David Richmond, durham, Erleta Alexander-Ralston, Greensboro four, Henry Cheatham, leslie brown, North Carolina, Parrish Street, Reginald Hawkins, SERVICE mural, upbuilding black durham
Posted by
Ellen on
30 August 2010, 11:54 am
That’s what employee–and prison inmate–Paul Scott says. Scott is one of the many inmates who have worked their way through Mama Dip’s Kitchen through a work-release program as they prepare to re-enter society upon completing prison sentences in Orange and Durham counties. We’ve written before about Mildred “Mama Dip” Council, who is a Chapel Hill [...] Read more »
Posted by
Ellen on
24 August 2010, 11:24 am
Historian David Cecelski writes about the Beaufort, N.C., menhaden fishing fleet and chanteymen featured in Panel 3 of Colin Quashie’s SERVICE mural. Read more »
Posted by
Alyssa on
17 August 2010, 3:54 pm
On July 26, a mural named SERVICE was dedicated at UNC’s School of Government in the Knapp-Sanders Building. The mural, depicting a gathering of African-American leaders at the counter of a diner, was painted by Colin Quashie as a creative interpretation of the historical 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-in. We will be featuring each of [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, Art / Architecture, Cultural Studies, North Carolina, Southern Studies, UNC Press News.
Tagged ann simpson, bland simpson, Colin Quashie, SERVICE mural, unc school of government
Posted by
Alyssa on
10 August 2010, 11:45 am
On July 26, a mural entitled SERVICE was dedicated at UNC’s School of Government in the Knapp-Sanders Building. The mural depicting a gathering of African-American figures from throughout North Carolina’s history seated at the counter of a diner was painted by Colin Quashie as a creative interpretation of the historic 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in. [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil Rights, North Carolina, Women's Studies.
Tagged charlotte messenger, civil rights movement, Ella Baker, james edward shepard, NAACP, nc central university, SERVICE mural, william c. smith
Posted by
Alyssa on
3 August 2010, 1:05 pm
A mural painted by Colin Quashie is on display at the Knapp-Sanders Building on UNC’s campus and was officially dedicated in a ceremony on July 26. The mural, called SERVICE, shows a gathering of influential African Americans from throughout North Carolina’s history at the counter of a diner. From the School of Government’s website: A [...] Read more »
Posted by
Ellen on
2 August 2010, 9:20 am
Today we welcome a guest post from Tiya Miles, author of The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story. Last weekend she attended a gathering to celebrate the historic plantation home and held a signing event for her new book. Over the course of her day, past and present were juxtaposed in an experience [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Genealogy, Guest Bloggers, Native American Studies, Religion, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged cherokee, georgia, james vann, slavery, tiya miles
Posted by
Alyssa on
23 July 2010, 1:45 pm
Earlier this month the 12th annual Harlem Book Fair hosted a panel that included UNC Press authors Frank A. Guridy and Stephen Gillroy Hall. A video of the discussion, called “Can We Tell the Truth About the Black Past?”, is available through C-SPAN’s Book TV, which can be viewed here. Guridy is the author of [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, Cuba, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
Tagged 19th century, black diaspora, duke university press, frank guridy, harlem book fair, jim crow, stephen g. hall
Posted by
BLMKelley on
22 July 2010, 12:09 pm
What happened to the NAACP? It’s odd to think that the venerable and historic National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been reduced to a talking point in the national media cycle this week. They received national attention in June when the Los Angeles chapter lodged a protest against a Hallmark card with [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Blair L. M. Kelley, Civil Rights, Education, North Carolina, Politics.
Tagged benjamin jealous, integration, NAACP, north carolina naacp, racism, school resegregation, w.e.b. du bois, william barber
Posted by
BLMKelley on
13 July 2010, 11:35 am
I have been frustrated by this week’s back-and-forth between the Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and civil rights veteran Jesse Jackson. Don’t get me wrong; Dan Gilbert’s letter smacked of grating paternalism; he spoke of James like a petulant child, rather than a man who had more than fulfilled his seven-year contract. His tone was [...] Read more »
Posted by
Ellen on
22 June 2010, 1:38 pm
Until very recently, the term “feminist” was used by those on the right only as a negative descriptor of someone who would invariably be a political foe. Devoted feminists have struggled to set the word free from the negative connotations and reclaim the label as a source of pride, with mixed results, especially among younger [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Current Events, Gender Studies, Politics, UNC Press Authors, Women's Studies.
Tagged carly fiorina, conservative feminists, feminism, lisa levenstein, nikki haley, Republican feminists, Republican Women, Sarah Palin, social conservatives, women in high office, women politicians, women's movement
Posted by
Ellen on
2 June 2010, 12:13 pm
Each month on the UNC Press homepage, we feature a handful of interviews with authors. I’d like to bring them over and share them with you blog readers because they’re so often just fun and interesting. I want to start by introducing Victoria E. Bynum, author of three books with us, including, most recently, The [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Civil War, North Carolina, Religion, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
Tagged civil war, confederate states of america, southern studies, The Long Shadow of the Civil War, Victoria Bynum
It seems as though Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Kentucky, son of Texas congressman Ron Paul, and self-proclaimed representative of the Tea Party movement, has some serious difficulty explaining his approach to questions of race and civil rights. During an appearance on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, Paul started by [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Blair L. M. Kelley, Civil Rights, Columnists, Current Events, Politics.
Tagged 1964 civil rights act, anti-separate coach movement, civil rights movement, First Amendment, government takeover, instrusions on private business, integration, kentucky senate primary, march on washington, martin luther king, rachel maddow, rand paul, ron paul, segregation, tipton miller, woolworth's sit-in
Posted by
Rachel on
14 May 2010, 7:31 am
During the mid-1800s, Thomas Day was the most successful cabinet maker working in North Carolina. A significant figure in the history of woodworking, equally as important for his role in American history as an astoundingly successful free man of color in the Antebellum South, Day developed a truly original aesthetic and showed unmatched skill as [...]
