Collective Memory
As we come to understand our history more fully, we can better hold ourselves accountable to imperatives for justice and equity in the present. This requires a coherent, clear approach.
The Commission on Race and Slavery recommended the college create an infrastructure of ongoing support and commitmentʳɫ¹ÙÍø”enhancements to our structures and development of a framework for future efforts. Our campus community takes on this important work with intention.
Ongoing Research, Scholarship, and Learning
Inclusive Histories
Inclusive Histories is a collection of hidden histories, stories that are not typically understood as integral to the history of ʳɫ¹ÙÍø despite their incredible importance.
Shared Stories: Black Lives in Northern Mecklenburg
Working through a community advisory group, this initiative documents the lives and contributions of Black communities in the area of Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville, North Carolina.
Stories Yet To Be Told
A collection of faculty- and student-initiated projects that transform key campus spaces (virtual, physical, temporal) into interactive sites for exploring the legacies of slavery, how ideas about race emerge and why racism persists.