OPENING CELEBRATORY PROGRAM FOR

"We Shall Not Be moved: African Americans in the South, 18th Century to the Present"

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC-Chapel Hill

5 p.m. reception and exhibit viewing

5:45 p.m. program

Free and open to the public

Information:

Liza Terll, Friends of the Library, liza_terll@unc.edu, (919) 962-4207

Student music, dance and spoken word performances will celebrate the new exhibition "We Shall Not Be Moved: African Americans in the South, 18th Century to the Present" in Wilson Library on Oct. 20. A reception and exhibit viewing begin at 5 p.m.; the program follows at 5:45 p.m.

The exhibit includes more than 100 photographs, letters, diaries, and other items from the Southern Historical Collection that reflect Southern African-American experiences. Among the pieces on view are a set of 19th-century shackles, reportedly used for slaves; a 1961 photo of Coretta Scott King at an Ebenezer Baptist Church fashion show; and an original brochure from the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the occasion of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

The Ebony Readers/Onyx Theater will be among the student groups to perform Oct. 20. Festivities will also include a video about the exhibit and introduction of an expanded Web guide to 900 archival collections at UNC that feature the experiences of African-Americans in the South.

Learn more about the exhibit at http://library.unc.edu/blogs/news/index.php/2009/10/we-shall-not-be-move/.

Related Links

1. http://library.unc.edu/blogs/news/index.php/2009/10/daase-event/