Our program
Chapel Hill Community History staff work with local people to document and share untold, ignored, and erased stories from Chapel Hill's history. Our work is an intentional, collaborative co-creation with history makers, historians, local government, and community members. Together we initiate, design, and share public history projects, programs, and exhibits.
Guiding values
- People are the experts of their own histories.
- Histories & stories that have been ignored or erased from the written record are vital to understanding who we are today and how we can create a better future together.
- Histories & stories must be relevant and accessible to people of all ages.
- The most powerful way to become relevant for diverse communities is to become representative of them and co-created by them.
Upcoming events
A Warning Then and Now: George H White's 1901 Farewell Address to Congress
Join us for a conversation exploring the past and its disturbing parallels in North Carolina today.
Join us for a conversation exploring the past and its disturbing parallels in North Carolina today.
American Agitators - film + discussion
AMERICAN AGITATORS captures the remarkable story of organizing for social change in the U.S. through the work Fred Ross Sr. and many others such as iconic organizers Dolores Huerta and Fred Ross Jr.
AMERICAN AGITATORS captures the remarkable story of organizing for social change in the U.S. through the work Fred Ross Sr. and many others such as iconic organizers Dolores Huerta and Fred Ross Jr.