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Talk about it Tuesday: Isaiah Miller

Isaiah Miller’s emotions ranged from sadness to rage when the photos of what occurred at the Capitol last week on Wednesday. Trying to prepare for a basketball road game at Wofford, Miller couldn’t escape the disturbing scenes of rioters storming the Capitol communicated to the world. Read more…

UNCG project tells stories of unsung civil rights heroes

We all know of the Greensboro Four, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lewis. But what about the civil rights activists who don’t end up in history books?  A UNC Greensboro project seeks to tell the stories of these lesser-known civil rights heroes of the 1960s and 1970s.  … Continued

UNC Greensboro Builds A Visual History Of Unsung Heroes

UNC Greensboro Builds A Visual History Of Unsung Heroes. Professor Matt Barr, Dr. Torren Gatson, and recent UNCG graduate Atigre’ Farmer discuss “The Unsung Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement Visual History Project” on WUNC’s The State of Things.

UNCG recognized for excellence in diversity

For the third consecutive year, UNC Greensboro has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.  The national honor recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. UNCG is among 89 … Continued

Research explores free people of color in the early South

The history of race relations in the U.S. South often tends to be viewed from a strict Black-White binary.  Most of us learn that from the colonial period through the Civil War, Black people were slaves, and White people were free. But what about multiracial people? Were they free or … Continued

Yes, and Cafe – Episode 10: A Step in this Grand March Towards Freedom

Yes, and Cafe – Episode 10: A Step in this Grand March Towards Freedom. The Yes, and Cafe podcast speaks with Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., as he begins his sixth academic year as chancellor of UNC Greensboro. UNCG student Luis Mejia Cruz also joins the conversation.