Join us for a discussion with authors Sylvester Allen Jr and Belle Boggs about their book, The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw: From Reconstruction Through Black Lives Matter.
When: March 21, 2026; 1:00 pm
Where: Mt. Bright Baptist Church, Hillsborough
Join us November 17, at the Chelsea Theater for a screening of LINCOLN, part of our program commemorating the ratification of the 13th Amendment. Screenings at 1:00 pm and 6:30 pm! The evening screening will feature a Q&A with #UNC historian W. Fitzhugh Brundage.
Join us for a conversation with writer Rob Christensen, author of Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century. We are proud to sponsor this event in partnership with @chpublib.
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We are a proud cosponsor of this amazing program on July 2nd to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Join us for a full day of conversation and fellowship about the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. https://t.co/BDic2imB8w
Check out this program from @chpublib and @UNChumanities on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and its legacy in the upcoming elections of 2024. The program will be held at the library on Tuesday, June 18, at 6:00 pm. https://t.co/RoqC95vrhA
We're proud to sponsor the Symposium on the 60th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the landmark law that prohibited discrimination in employment and public accommodations. Join us on July 2nd at @chpublib for a program of outstanding speakers.
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#Carrboro is planning an event to celebrate the renaming of Carr St to Braxton Foushee St at 9AM Wednesday, March 27 at 203 E. Carr St. The event will include the unveiling of street signs, words from community members, poetry, music & refreshments.
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🗓️ Join us February 18 for the unveiling of our historical marker honoring Manly McCauley, victim of an 1898 lynching in Orange County. We are pleased to partner with @eji_org and @CarrboroGov as we reach this important milestone in our mission of remembrance and education.
Today marks the the 125th anniversary of Manly McCauley's lynching in Orange County, North Carolina. Read more about Manly McCauley's life and his tragic murder, and important event in our local history.
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We're glad to cosponsor this event with the Northern Orange NAACP, Orange County Justice United, and @UNChumanities. Join us on December 2nd at 2:00 pm at @FlyleafBooks for a reading from By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners by author Margaret A. Burnham.
Postponed until Fall 2020 - Ida B. Wells Symposium. In keeping with our concern for the community and @UNC's new plan to encourage greater “social distancing” and to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, we are rescheduling this event. We'll keep you posted on the Fall 2020 date.
Please save the date and register here for The Light of Truth: Ida B Wells Symposium! Open to the general public at no cost. Lunch provided with advance registration by March 27. https://t.co/w5rjAwb4FM
The UNC System’s negotiations with and investments in white supremacist groups is wrong and should not be tolerated. Join BSM and Black Congress for a rally tomorrow to protest the $2.5 million dollar “settlement” regarding Silent Sam.
"Where Do We Go From Here? A Community Forum on
Criminal Justice Reform in Orange County" - Please put this important event on your calendars for 12/14/19 #CriminalJusticeReform#equality@OCNCGOV@OCNAACP
This photo, showing Henry Merritt, Jr. in a campus dorm room ca. 1917, was listed as unidentified until a UNC student did the research to uncover his name. Learn more on our blog: https://t.co/NogJkvMVCK
TONIGHT: In 1970, 22-year-old Chapel Hill man, James Cates, was stabbed during a racial brawl between a white biker gang & black youth. Join us in remembering Cates & learning from this painful history on Thurs 11/14 @ 7pm / Hyde Hall @mikeogling https://t.co/XxSSkWUUIO