The Sonja H Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History

About

We encourage and support the critical examination of all dimensions of African-American and African diaspora cultures through sustained open discussion, dialogue and debate, and to enhance the intellectual and socio-cultural climate at UNC-CH and beyond.

Coming up

• Nov10Tue
  2026 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film

  Sonja H Stone Cetner (Hitchcock - Room 111)

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• Nov14Sat
  2026 Stone Center Open House

  Sonja H Stone Center

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• Nov17Tue
  Stone Memorial Lecture (2026) with Alexis Pauline Gumbs

  Sonja H Stone Center

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What they usually do

• 2025 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film 7 times this past year, last Thu 5 Nov
• Exhibition Opening: Reverence: Hair Memory Through Images by Durham-based Artist Jamaica Gilmer 2 times this past year, last Thu 29 Oct

What the board found

• Tue 10 Nov 2025 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Heel Life event
• Thu 5 Nov 2025 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Heel Life event
• Wed 4 Nov Newest post on their Instagram. Instagram
• Thu 29 Oct Exhibition Opening: Reverence: Hair Memory Through Images by Durham-based Artist Jamaica Gilmer Heel Life event
• Wed 28 Oct Newest post on their Instagram. Instagram
• Thu 22 Oct 2025 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film Heel Life event