First-Year Seminar: By Persons Unknown: Race and Reckoning in North Carolina

This research-intensive seminar explores the legacy of race and racial terrorism in N.C. by using archival resources and community testimony. The class projects-focusing on a single county-explore the public erasure of Black histories, the careful craftings of public memory, and the far-reaching impact of racist practices on the economic, educational, social, and political lives of communities. The class will be working directly with community members to build public awareness of the legacies of racial violence. Honors version available.