Events related to ‘We Shall Not

Be Moved’ exhibit

Today-Feb. 28, Library of UNC’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History: Displays related to “We Shall Not Be Moved,” 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays.

n Oct. 28, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., campus: “Black-and-Blue Tour” of the UNC campus. Tim McMillan, UNC professor in African and Afro-American studies, will lead a walking tour of historical landmarks on campus.

McMillan will discuss UNC’s racial history and the people and events that these landmarks commemorate. Begin at the Unsung Founders Memorial on UNC’s McCorkle Place, just off East Franklin Street across from the post office.

n Nov. 2, 5:45 p.m., Wilson Library: Lecture: “Liberalism, Black Power, and the Making of American Politics, 1965-1980” address by Devin Fergus, assistant professor of history at Vanderbilt University. Fergus will discuss his book of the same title. He was a 2007 fellow of the Southern Historical Collection, and his book draws on research conducted at UNC. Reception at 5 p.m.

n Nov. 18, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Wilson Library: Exhibit tour: “We Shall Not Be Moved: African Americans in the South, 18th Century to the Present,” led by Holly Smith, exhibit lead curator.

n Dec. 1, 5:30 p.m., film auditorium, Frank Porter Graham Student Union: Film screening and panel discussion. A rare screening of the film “The First 100,” a 30-minute documentary produced in 1964 to promote the anti-poverty work of the North Carolina Fund, a charitable corporation that fought against poverty in the state in the 1960s.

Also shown will be excerpts from the 2007 documentary “Change Comes Knocking: The Story of the North Carolina Fund.” A panel discussion will follow featuring Billy Barnes, photographer for the North Carolina Fund; Rebecca Cerese, director and producer of “Change Comes Knocking” and Jim Leloudis, UNC associate professor of history.

n Southern Historical Collection Web site: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/shc/index.html