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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 200 items) |
Abstract | The Southeastern Black Press Institute was founded by Sonja Haynes Stone in 1977 as a demonstration project of the Curriculum in African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The project provided support to the black press in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Washington D.C., chiefly through technical assistance and leadership training for future journalists. Southeastern Black Press Institute Records, 1976-1979, consist of advisory board minutes and communications, correspondence, reports, photographs, financial records, and print ephemera. Materials document grant activities reported to the Rockefeller Foundation, communications within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outreach to the black press community and to educators and students who might be interested in the summer journalism program and newspaper internships. Also of note is a letter from Stone to the African Heritage Studies Association in which she sought support for her tenure appeal, citing the project as an example of the value and potential of Afro-American Studies as a discipline and as a bridge to the black community. |
Creator | Southeastern Black Press Institute. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser and Gillian McCuistion, November 2019
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, November 2019
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The Southeastern Black Press Institute (SBPI) was founded in 1977 as a demonstration project of the Curriculum in African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The project provided support to the black press in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Washington D.C., chiefly through technical assistance and leadership training for future journalists. Sonja Haynes Stone, the director of the Curriculum in African and Afro-American Studies, secured a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to plan and launch the project.
Back to TopThe Southeastern Black Press Institute Records, 1976-1979, consist of advisory board minutes and communications, correspondence, reports, photographs, financial records, and print ephemera. Materials document grant activities reported to the Rockefeller Foundation, communications within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, outreach to the black press community and to educators and students who might be interested in the summer journalism program and newspaper internships. Also of note is a letter from Stone to the African Heritage Studies Association in which she sought support for her tenure appeal, citing the project as an example of the value and potential of Afro-American Studies as a discipline and as a bridge to the black community.
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Box 1-2
Box 1Box 2 |
Records, 1976-1979 |
Image Folder PF-40502/1-2
PF-40502/1PF-40502/2 |
Portraits for publication layout, 1976-1979 |