America 250 at Carolina

Join us for a series of events to commemorate America's 250th anniversary at the nation's first public university. The events run from Oct. 14 to 23 and include performances, poetry readings, lectures, panel discussions and more. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Visit America 250 at Carolina on the history website. Schedule of Events Wednesday, October 14 4:30-6 p.m. (Flyleaf Books) – Discussion with Antwain Hunter (History) on Frederick Douglass’s What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (1852) with Aisha Booze-Hall (Jackson Center) Please purchase tickets for this event. Monday, October 19 12:30-1 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Opening Keynote by Pamela Brewington Cashwell (Secretary, NCDC), North Carolina at 250 1-2 p.m. (Pleasants Room) – Preserving North Carolina’s History for the General Public, a panel discussion with Sec. Pamela Brewington Cashwell, Darin Waters (Dep. Sec. Office of Archives and History), and Biff Hollingsworth (Wilson Library) 2:15-3:30 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Teaching the Foundations of American Democracy in K-12 Schools, a panel discussion with Cori Greer Banks (Carolina K-12, CPH), Jillian La Serna (EPIC/Public Policy); and Mike Henning (Carrboro Elementary) 3:40-3:45 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry Reading by Alexis Clifton (English and Creative Writing class of 2027), You Say the New American Dream is to Leave/Honeysuckle Dosage. 3:45-5 p.m. (Pleasants Room, Wilson Library) – Poetry and Liberty, a panel discussion with Tyree Daye (English and Comp Lit) Eliza Richards (English and Comp Lit), and Denise Xu (English and Comp Lit) 6-7:30 p.m. (Stone Center Auditorium) – Welcome by LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant (Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Research in Black Culture and History). Poetry Reading and Conversation with Natasha Trethewey (Pulitzer-Prize Winning Former U.S. Poet Laureate), moderated by Michael A. Betts II (High Point Un