"A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life"
This online exhibition chronicles the dynamic, surprising history of Jewish settlers and their descendants in the American South. Click here to read more.

Andy Griffith donates his papers to UNC Southern Historical Collection
Television and film star Andy Griffith, one of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s most famous alumni, has donated his personal collection chronicling his successful career to the university’s Southern Historical Collection. Click here to read more.

In new book, UNC historian details blacks’ struggles toward education
When Southern racists argued before and during the Civil War that blacks were ignorant, there was at least a fragment of truth to what they said. After all, who wouldn’t be unfamiliar with the wider world if they were never taught to read and write, and the punishments for trying to learn -- at least until the war ended -- included flogging for slaves and heavy fines for teachers? Click here to read more.

Summer reading program selection committee picks ‘Blood Done Sign My Name’ for 2005
Members of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Summer Reading Program Book Selection Committee have made "Blood Done Sign My Name" their choice for incoming undergraduates to read and discuss. Click here to read more.

Southern Historical Collection celebrates 75 years with exhibition opening to public Friday (Jan. 14)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Southern Historical Collection, likely the world’s largest collection of manuscript material documenting the American South, will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a new exhibition, set to open to the public on Friday (Jan. 14). Click here to read more.

U.S. textile manufacturers wary of import threat; UNC professors offer
comprehensive assessment of attitudes toward agreement of textiles and clothing
A recent survey of U.S. textile manufacturers reveals majority support for an extension to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), which is set to expire Dec. 31. Click here to read more.

New Documentary Chronicles Anti-Klan Crusader
On a hot summer night in 1950 Horace Carter watched as three dozen cars filled with armed, robed and hooded Ku Klux Klansmen made their way through Tabor City, a small town on the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Click here to read more.

Conference on Mill Closings and Downsizing
How do communities adjust to the closing of textile plants and the reduced number of jobs resulting from policies of downsizing and outsourcing? Using Spindale and Kanapolis, North Carolina, as case studies . . . Click here to read more.