Projects

Intergenerational, mixed gender group of African Americans and two white feminine-presenting people posing together in the woods for a group photo

Back Ways

Back Ways explored the rural South by following the paths southerners created to visit one another, to shop and trade, to reach homes and churches,...

Two young Asian American girls are seated on the ground wearing elegant fuchsia shirts and bottoms that have a satin sheen. Each girl's hair is in a bun on top of their head, surrounded by a metallic band.

Southern Mix

In 2017, seeking to see more Asian and Asian American stories in Carolina’s oral history archives, UNC alumna Anna-Rhesa Versola founded Southern Mix, a project...

A black and white photograph of a group of young people presenting as majority white and mixed gender, though majority masculine-or man-presenting, posing together outdoors behind a large white banner with dark lettering, reading: "The Southeastern Gay Conference"

The Story of Us

The Story of Us: Documenting and Preserving LGBTQIA Carolina History shares stories of LGBTQIA life at UNC-Chapel Hill. Envisioned and funded by our partners at...

Polio

The Polio project seeks to understand, preserve, and amplify the experiences of people who were directly affected by the 20th century polio epidemic in the United States.

The Civil Rights History Project

The Civil Rights History Project is a joint undertaking of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress.

The Long Women’s Movement in the American South

The Long Civil Rights Movement initiative is a project intended to better understand how the South has been shaped by the Black and women’s liberation movements, the Vietnam War, natural disasters, and conservative politics.

Stories to Save Lives

Stories to Save Lives: Health, Illness, and Medical Care in the South seeks to bring the powerful research methodology of oral history to bear on one of the critical issues facing our region: healthcare.

New Roots/Nuevas Raíces

New Roots/Nuevas Raices contains the oral histories of Latin American migrants in North Carolina and the experiences of North Carolinians that have worked for the integration of new settlers into this southern state. Latinx migrants have put down new roots in the United States South and opened up a distinct chapter in the long history of Latin American migration to the United States.

Media and the Movement

This project explores the media environment in North Carolina as shaped by local voices of print journalists, broadcasters on television and radio, community activists and organizers, about how the media adapted to, changed, and reflected a new South during and after the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

The Long Civil Rights Movement

The Long Civil Rights Movement initiative is a project intended to better understand how the South has been shaped by the Black and women’s liberation movements, the Vietnam War, natural disasters, and conservative politics.