The History of White People

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 attending a museum event. You will be handed a ticket to be presented and validated at the museum. For more information about visiting the Levine Museum of the New South, go to the museum website.

Dr. Glenda E. Gilmore, the Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Chair in History at Yale University, presented a lecture on “The Nazis and Dixie” from her book Defying Dixie: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950. The lecture was co-sponsored and hosted by the Levine Museum of the New South.

Dr. Robert Smith, formerly of the Africana Studies Department, UNC Charlotte, gave a lecture based on his new book Race and Power: Re-examing the Landmark Supreme Court Decision Griggs v. Duke Power (LSU Press).