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Hard Hits: Concussion and the Modern Athlete

   October 15, 2013

A UNC Charlotte panel discussion titled “Hard Hits: Concussions and the Modern Athlete” will consider emerging research on sports-related concussions, in the latest offering in the “Sports in the New South: Culture, Color and Cash” series.

The event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 6:00 PM at UNC Charlotte Center City, 320 E. 9thStreet, presented by the Center for the Study of the New South in collaboration with the College of Health and Human Services, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics at UNC...

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49ers Football: The Impact on Town and Gown to Explore Newest Sport

   July 15, 2013

“49ers Football: The Impact on Town and Gown” will explore UNC Charlotte’s newest sport, as part of theSports in the New South: Culture, Color and Cash lecture series presented by the Center for the Study of the New South in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

The Tuesday, August 27 panel discussion at UNC Charlotte Center City at 320 E. 9th Street begins at 7 p.m. It is part of a series of events that will explore various aspects of sports in the New South. Panelists are: Danny Morrison, President, Carolina Panthers; Philip L. Dubois, Chancellor, UNC...

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Without Sanctuary Conference

   June 15, 2012

Without Sanctuary Conference

The Center for the Study of the New South, in collaboration with the Levine Museum of the New South, issued a call for papers related to lynching in America and the South in particular, with abstracts due by June 1, 2012. The exhibit of lynching photographs, Without Sanctuary, will be at the Levine Museum of the New South in October 2012.   Those who submitted abstracts will be notified  by July 1, 2012.  Just recently, the Center received funding support from the...

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Charlotte, The New South, and the Democratic Convention

   July 15, 2011
The Center for the Study of the New South, in collaboration with J. Murrey Atkins Library, will convene a panel discussion on Charlotte, The New South, and the Democratic Convention on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, in Atkins 125 (First Floor) at 3:00. Panel members are contributors to Charlotte, NC, The Global Evolution of a New South City (University of Georgia Press 2010), edited by William Graves and Heather Smith.  The participants are: 
  • Dr. Owen Furuseth
  • Dr. Bill Graves
  • Dr. Stephen Smith (Winthrop University)
  • Professor...

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New South or Same Old South: The Politics of Naming Streets after Martin Luther King

   July 15, 2008

Dr. Derek H. Alderman, East Carolina University Professor of Geography, delivered a lecture at the Levine Museum of the New South entitled "New South or Same Old South: The Politics of Naming Streets after Martin Luther King."

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Lecture by Dr. Bill Graves, UNC Charlotte Geography and Earth Sciences Department

   April 1, 2008

Lecture by Dr. Bill Graves, UNC Charlotte Geography and Earth Sciences Department

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Lecture by Dr. John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Professor, UNC Charlotte History Department

   March 15, 2008

Lecture by Dr. John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Professor, UNC Charlotte History Department

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Selling Moonlight and Magnolias: The South in Advertising,1890-1940

   February 15, 2008

Dr. Karen L. Cox, UNC Charlotte History Department, “Selling Moonlight and Magnolias: The South in Advertising,1890-1940”.

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The History of White People

   February 15, 2008

On Thursday, April 14 at 6:00 PM at the Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St., UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South presents: Nell Irvin Painter, the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University, and author of "The History of White People." This event will be followed by a book signing and reception. Books will be available for sale. Free and open to the public. Complimentary event parking is available after 5:00 PM in the Seventh Street Station parking deck located next to the museum. If an attendant is on duty, please advise you are...

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The Best That We Could Give: Recollections and Reflections on the Lives of Southern Teachers

   January 15, 2008

Dr. Sonya Ramsey, UNC Charlotte History Department “The Best That We Could Give: Recollections and Reflections on the Lives of Southern Teachers” a discussion of Reading, Writing and Segregation: A Century of Black Women Teachers in Nashville (University of Illinois Press, 2008)

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