“It’s not one thing. It’s the total destruction of black humanity . . . The only thing that survives, that keeps coming back, is black memory. We will not die. There are black people in the future.” Poet Nikky Finney, UNC’s 2020 Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence, from the panel “‘Blacker than a hundred midnights’: Public History and Memory and the Souls of Blackfolk in the South.” Header image via Wikipedia SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER Latest Features Witnessing October 25, 2020 Enshrining Proud Shoes in Brick and Mortar October 25, 2020 In Place to Make Change October 25, 2020 “No, You’re Not Going to Shut Me Up” October 25, 2020 To Belong Aquí y Allá October 24, 2020 Loose Leaf The Rug Has Been Pulled May 14, 2020 Jess T. Dugan: Invisibility Versus Visibility January 7, 2020 Kevin Kruse, Jamelle Bouie, & Nicole Hemmer October 17, 2019
