A wide array of lectures, performances and exhibits focused on African American history, politics and culture will be highlighted during Black History Month 2006 at Carolina. To learn more about specific events, follow the web link or contact the event sponsor. If you would like to add an event to this list, please contact diversity@unc.edu.

Feburary 1

"Race-ing Research, Researching Race" Seminar Series: When the Devil Rides the Bus: Toward a Black Diaspora Circum-Local Paradigm. Lecture by Post-Doctoral Fellow in Department of Communication
Studies, Renee Alexander

• When: Noon-1 p.m.
• Where: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Rm. 111, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room
• More Info: website
• Contact: Institute of African American Research at 919-962-6810

Day Long Remembrance

• When: 8 a.m.-7:20 p.m.
• Where: Throughout campus and the Sonya Haynes Stone Center
• More Info: Join the fast beginning the morning of February 1 and ending at 7:20 p.m. (we ask that those who participate in the fast wear black). At 7:20 p.m. participate in a candle-light vigil and ceremony on the steps of the Stone center.
• Contact: Contact Efua Obeng for Omega Iota Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. by email.

February 3

We Remember the Wilmington Ten

• When: 7-9 p.m.
• Where: Sonja Haynes Stone Center
• More Info: What do you remember most of about the Wilmington Ten Incident of 1971? How has the incident impacted your life? What would you hope that young people learn from this incident? Join us for a panel discussion of these questions and more. Five individuals involved with the Wilmington Ten will participate in a panel discussion | website
• Contact: Center for the Study of the American South at 919-962-5665

February 8

"Race-ing Research, Researching Race" Seminar Series: Teen Mothers, Gang-bangers, and Dropouts: Perceptions of Latino/a Students in the Rural South.| Lecture by Keren Zuniga, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the School of Education, UNC-Chapel Hill

• When: Noon-1 p.m.
• Where: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Room 111(Hitchcock Multipurpose Room)
• More Info: website
• Contact: Institute of African American Research at 919-962-6810

February 10

The Art of Creating a Legacy. Lecture by Jessica Dallow, University of Alabama-Birmingham and Co-Curator of Family Legacies

• When: 5:30 p.m.
• Where: Ackland Art Museum
• More Info: website
• Contact: Ackland Art Museum at 919-966-5736

African American Treasure Tour

• When: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
• Where: Beginning in the lobby of Wilson Library
• More Info: Visitors will have an opportunity to sample
  some of the special African American resources held by the North Carolina
  Collection and Gallery, the Rare Book Collection, and the Southern
  Historical Collection. This event is free and open to all interested | website
• Contact: Wilson Library Special Collections at 962-1143 or 962-1172

February 16

The Ties That Bind:  Words of Women Connected

• When: 5:30 p.m.
• Where: Ackland Art Museum
• More Info: Enjoy an evening with writers from UNC and surrounding communities as they present original artistic works that focus on the woman of color; her relationships and the dynamics of her role in the diaspora.  The event will take place against the backdrop of the current exhibit, “Family Legacies: The Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar.”  Guests include: Raina Leon, Doctoral Student in Education at UNC-CH, Cave Canem Fellow and member of the Carolina African American Writers Collective, Heather Williams , Assistant Professor of History at UNC-CH, Quilt Artist and Author of Self Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom, Eleanor Harrington-Austin , Associate Professor of English at NCCU, Kim Arrington , Duke Staff, Activist-Singer-Teacher-Writer, Founder of Greased Scalp Press, Artist-in-Residence at SpiritHouse, and Author of the lapis dwellers
• Contact: Sarah Abrahams at 843-3676 or visit the Ackland calendar

Black Popular Cultures/Black Popular Struggles Symposium: Sport and the Black Athlete

• When: 7 p.m.
• Where: Stone Center, Room 111 (Hitchcock Multipurpose Room)
• More Info: This panel will explore the ways black athletes operated within the sociopolitical contexts of their times. Panelists will include Hanif Omar, host of WNCU's weekly sports show Fast Break, former UNC basketball All-American Pam Leake, former UNC and NFL football standout Jimmy Hitchcock, and UNC Director of Student-Athlete Development, Dr. Cricket Lane | website
• Contact: Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at 919-962-900

February 17

Stepping: An Active Past, Present and Future

• When: 6 p.m.
• Where: Stone Center
• More Info: This free event, will feature step performances by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. + Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. + Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, in addition to a special presentation by Chi Rho Eta, a local high school step team. The performances will be complemented by a showing of "Many Steps", an insightful documentary by Patrick Mureithi [producer], and a keynote speech by Jay Anhorn, Assistant Dean of Students. Sponsored by the Department of Housing and Residential Education.
• Contact: Shoshanna Moody email or phone Odum village community office 919-966-5661

February 18

7th Annual Let's Talk Race Conference 2006: Music in the Schools

• When: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Where: East Chapel Hill High School
• More Info: Current and prospective teachers, educators, community workers and other interested members of the public are encouraged to participate in this exciting day of speakers, workshops, and musical experiences. Guest speakers include Rosa Clemente, Dr. Gerogiary Mcleen and Nick Jaffe. Registration is free. | website
• Contact: Sponsored by the Carolina Teaching Fellows. Contact Stesha Little at 919-962-0743 or by email

February 22

"Race-ing Research, Researching Race" Seminar Series: Exploring Critical Race Theory in the Context of Public Health Research: Racism and HIV Testing Behavior among African American. Lecture by Chandra Ford, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Social Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill

• When: Noon-1 p.m.
• Where: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Rm. 111, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room
• More Info: website
• Contact: Institute of African American Research at 919-962-6810

February 23

2nd Annual UNC African American History Month Lecture. Speaker: Robin D. G. Kelley

• When: 7 p.m.
• Where: Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Cobb Theatre
• More Info: Robin D. G. Kelley, Professor of History and Africana Studies at New York University. He is the author of the prize-winning books, Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression (1990) and Race Rebels: Culture Politics and the Black Working Class (1994); co-editor (with Sidney J. Lemelle) of Imagining Home: Class, Culture and Nationalism in the African Diaspora (1994); and general editor (with Earl Lewis) of the eleven volume Young Oxford History of African Americans (Oxford University Press). He wrote Volume 10, titled Into the Fire: African Americans Since 1970 (1996) and co-authored Volume 9, We Changed the World: African Americans, 1945-1969 (1998), with Vincent Harding and Earl Lewis.
• Contact: Department of History at 919-962-2115

Ongoing

Family Legacies: The Art of Betye, Lezley and Alison Saar

• When: December 18, 2005-March 26, 2006
• Where: Ackland Art Museum
• More Info: exhibition website
• Contact: Ackland Art Museum at 919-966-5736

Slavery and the Making of the University: Celebrating our Unsung Heroes, Bond and Free | exhibition

• When: Through February 28
• Where: Manuscripts Department on the fourth floor of Wilson Library
• More Info: 919-962-1345

Collaborative Art Project in Commemoration of LGBTQ and Allied Pioneers in the Black Community

• When: All pieces need to be submitted to the UNC LGBTQ Office by February 10.
• Where: Once assembled, this project will be displayed at various events and meetings throughout the month of February.
• More Info: Interested participants will craft an individual art piece on a particular person of African descent who has contributed somehow to the LGBTQ community.  Be creative with your piece but please remember that it will be assembled into one larger piece/collage.  Find your own method of expression to represent your chosen person. Persons depicted do not have to be famous. History was not solely created by famous or prominent figures.  Every human being helps shape our shared experiences (doctors, lawyers, parents, teachers, colleagues, etc.).  It is important to know the significant contributions by all individuals. Persons depicted can be from distant history or can be making history in current times.
• Contact: Sponsors of this event are the UNC LGBTQ Office, UNITED, LiFE AIDS, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, and the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Email Jasmin Hines at jahines@email.unc.edu and notify her of the person you plan on depicting.

Black History Resources at University Libraries

• More Info: website