The Mellon Foundation awards UNCG’s African American and African Diaspora Studies department $100,000 for equity-based education programs to extend to high schools in Greensboro and High Point.
This Women’s History Month, UNCG is honoring the women who were first, including first in integration: JoAnne Smart ’60 and Bettye Ann Davis Tillman ’60, the first Black students to attend what is now UNCG. The two trailblazers have left a legacy for other Black female students to find their way at UNCG.
Zaire Miles-Moultrie says choosing UNCG allowed him to be “who I wanted to be.” In one year, the entrepreneurship and fine art double major has launched an exhibit, taken first place at UNCG’s undergrad expo, and become an AXA Art Prize finalist.
UNC Greensboro Associate Professor Robin Gee has created many films – but her latest is personal – diving into the centennial of the suffragette movement from the perspective of women of color.
“Neighbors and Other Stories” collects some of the short stories written by Diane Oliver ’64, an alumna who played a key role in the integration of Greensboro during her time at UNCG.
As an ethnomusicologist, UNCG Assistant Professor David Aarons focuses on music’s role in culture. He and his students use music as a lens to see how cultures move, adapt, and interact over time.
In the theme of Black History Month 2024, “African Americans and the Arts,” UNCG is highlighting the Black artists of our community. Assistant Professor of Music Quinton Parker is sounding the experiences of Black students in predominantly White institutions.
Dr. Jeannette Wade studies how society shapes young Black women’s experiences in health care.
In the theme of Black History Month 2024, “African Americans and the Arts,” UNCG is highlighting the Black artists of our community. UNCG alumna Rhiannon Giddens is already a two-time Grammy Award recipient. Now, she’s a Pulitzer Prize winner.
In the theme of Black History Month 2024, “African Americans and the Arts,” UNCG is highlighting the Black artists of our community. Student Dasia Amos is currently performing in the ensemble of “MJ The Musical” on Broadway.
