Black Carolina Lecture Series

Innovative Perspectives on the Black Experience With Scholars

The CAAS Black Carolina Lecture Series introduces the USC Upstate campus and surrounding community to the latest academic research on the Black experience in South Carolina, and in the southeastern United States more broadly. This lecture series creates an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and community members to discuss innovative perspectives on the black experience with scholars.

September 15, 2020 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. The South in the Black Radical Imagination Since 1946  Dr. Robert Greene, Assistant Professor of History at Claflin University Event Details

October 14, 2020 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. “To Buy Land and Live Unmolested”: Black Carolinians’ Quest for Farms, Security, and Equality in the Palmetto State Dr. Adrienne Petty, Associate Professor of History at The College of William and Mary Event Details

November 17, 2020 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 'I Am Because We Are:' Dr. Bertha Maxwell-Roddey, Black Studies, And Educational Activism in The Carolinas Dr. Sonya Ramsey, Associate Professor of History at University of North Carolina-Charlotte Event Details