The festival theme, “Post-Racial Nation? Or Permanence of a Racial State,” highlights contemporary and historical assumptions, beliefs and traditions regarding race, skin color and cultural identity.įounded in 1988, the center is dedicated to broadening the range of intellectual discourse about African diaspora cultures and pursuing challenging examinations of contemporary issues.Įvents will be in the center, at 150 South Road west of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower, and free to the public. 18, the center’s bi-annual Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film will open with the screening of three films. Pictures, videos and comments all are welcome. The center welcomes the public to post their most vivid memories of 1968 at or to email them to the center, for posting. Smith is one of the Olympic athletes who participated in the black-gloved fist gesture at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City – a visible challenge to racism and injustice happening in the U.S and the world at the time. 11 with “The Time is Nigh: Organize, Mobilize, Radicalize,” a panel discussion with 1968 Olympian Tommie Smith. The global significance of 19 will be a topic of reflection during the 2008-2009 academic year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.įall programs will begin Sept.
