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.
Events
Southern News, Southern Politics: writer Rob Christensen in conversation with Dr. Meredith Clark
In his book, Southern News, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a Century, reporter Rob Christensen tells the story of the News & Observer and how it helped shape modern North Carolin
On December 6, 1865, the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
Beyond the Thirteenth Amendment: Reclaiming the Promise of Freedom
On December 6, 1865, the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.