'Reading Sula: A Tribute to Toni Morrison' brought together volunteers to read Toni Morrison’s second novel “Sula.”

From 9:30 am to 4:30 pm in Minor 110, volunteers will read passages from the novel. Drop in at any point during this window to listen to or to participate in reading the novel! We will have light refreshments during the event.

Following the reading, there will be a roundtable discussion from 5:00 pm to 6:00pm in Minor 125. 

Panelists include:

As a virtual edition of our annual "Transcribe-a-thon," this panel culminated a day-long program in which participants read Julian Bond's speeches.

During the Woodson Institute's annual event "Meet the Fellows," we welcome new pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows to the fellowship program

The Carter G. Woodson's distinguished fellowship program. This is the first virtual "Meet the Fellows" event.

The 2019 edition of our annual "Meet the Fellows" event was hosted in Minor 110. We welcome new pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellows to the Carter G. Woodson's distinguished fellowship program.

Keynote address by André Brock, Associate Professor of Media Studies at Georgia Tech, for the Interrogating Digital Blackness symposium

sponsored by the Page Barbour Lecture series. 

Listening Roundtable on A.D. Carson's "SLEEPWALKING 2 [a mixtape/e/ssay | OTR]"

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Introductory remarks by Njelle Hamilton, Assistant Professor at the Carter G. Woodson Institute and UVA's Department of English. 

Panelists included: 

On February 15, 2019, the Carter G. Woodson Institute hosted a launch party for the "Notes on the State" podcast series at the Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative in Charlottesville, VA. The podcast explores Thomas Jefferson's legacy at the moment of the University's Bicentennial and asks: how do we get Jefferson beyond Jefferson?

Lecture by Mia Bay Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor in American History at the University of Pennsylvania-- Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in Minor 110 at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies

This final event of the Slavery Since Emancipation Series welcomes Susan Burton, an activist, formerly incarcerated person, and founder of A New Way of Life. Susan Burton will discuss her book: Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women.

"The Currents in Conversation" fora are designed to explore issues and topics dominating the headlines, airwaves, and social media platforms with implications for the study of race. This Fall, we pick up on a current that has received precious little air-time on major news organizations: the Nationwide Prison Strike, which took place across 13 states from August 21 - September 9, 2018.