History Faculty News Archives
- North Carolina Public Radio "State of Things" On June 9 Margaret Humphreys spoke with Frank Stacio on WUNC's radio program, The State of Things, about her book, Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War. They discussed the high mortality rates suffered by black soldiers during the war, much higher than the comparable experience of white soldiers. While much of the mortality was due to the health conditions that these men brought into the war (75% of them came directly out of slavery), much more was caused by identifiable actions of the Union command. Humphreys recognizes the importance of self and community advocacy among troops and their families as a counterbalance to the (sometimes) indifference of government leaders.
- Panel Examines Turning Points in NC African American History Three leading scholars and authors, Dr. Timothy B. Tyson, Dr. Reginald F. Hildebrand and Dr. Blair LM Kelley, will discuss and answer questions about key turning points in North Carolina's African American history -- the Civil War, the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot and the roots of civil rights. This free program on Saturday, May 22 is part of the larger "Celebrate North Carolina" initiative of First Gentleman Bob Eaves (www.celebrate.nc.gov).
The panel is in conjunction with opening day of the major exhibit "Behind the Veneer: Thomas Day, Master Cabinetmaker" at the N.C. Museum of History and will be chaired by Dr. Jeffrey J. Crow, Deputy Secretary, N.C. Office of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources.
Details about the panel discussion follow.
Celebrate North Carolina: Turning Points 10-11:15 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. coffee and doughnuts will be available.
Dr. Tyson will address the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot, Dr. Hildebrand will discuss the impact of the Civil War on African Americans in North Carolina and Dr. Kelley will focus on the Civil Rights movement. Information about each panelist is below. Dr. Timothy B. Tyson,Senior Research Scholar, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and Visiting Professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture, Duke Divinity School. Tyson is the author of Blood Done Sign My Name, which was recently released as a motion Dr. Reginald F. Hildebrand, Associate Professor, Department of African and Afro-American Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Times Were Strange and Stirring: Methodist Preachers and the Crisis of Emancipation. He is chair of the advisory board for the Institute of African American Research at UNC-Chapel Hill.Dr. Blair LM Kelley, Associate Professor, Department of History, N.C State University. Kelley's recent book Right to Ride (UNC Press, 2010) examines the earliest struggles against Jim Crow laws across the South, when ordinary men and women risked lynching and race riots to contest the segregation laws that divided trains and streetcars by race.
For more information about the N.C. Museum of History, call (919) 807-7900 or access www.ncmuseumofhistory.org or Facebook®. The museum is located at 5 E. Edenton St, across from the State Capitol. Parking is available in the lot across Wilmington Street.
The N.C. Museum of History’s hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. The department’s Web site is www.ncculture.com
- Haitian Declaration of Independence Found On a recent research trip to London, our own graduate student, Julia Gaffield made history when she found a government issued printed copy of the Haitian Declaration of Independence - this is believed to be the only known printed copy.
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- Anne Firor Scott Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2010 Anne Firor Scott Award Winners:
Lindsey Andrews, "Gender and Race in Treatment: On the History and Aesthetics of American Psychiatric Treatment."
Andrew Byers, "Southern, French, and German Women and The U.S. Army."
Katherine Rose Filler, "Black Sash: Crossing Race, Gender, and Class Divisions through White Women's Unlikely Protest Against Apartheid."
- Anne Firor Scott Research Awards - Deadline March 12 Anne Firor Scott Research Awards are available for graduate students working on any aspect of women's history. The application deadline is March 12. For more information and/or an application contact Carla Rusnak at carla.rusnak@duke.edu.
- Spring 2010 History Colloquium
Tuesday Apr 13 - Carr 229 at 11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Professor Katherine Mellen Charron (NCSU Department of History) "Septima Clark and Women in the Civil Rights Movement"For more information contact Anna Krylova at krylova@duke.edu