ReEntry by Design

Join the Reimagining America Project tomorrow, Wednesday, September 22 at 5:30pm.

The Reimagining America Project welcomes law professor and civil rights activist Geeta N. Kapur for a livestream conversation here on Wednesday, September 22nd at 5:30pm EST.

We will discuss Kapur’s new book, To Drink from the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation's Oldest Public University, which explores the history of UNC by exposing the plain and uncomfortable truth behind the storied brick walkways, “historic” statuary, and picturesque covered well, the icon of the campus.

From the publisher, “…Geeta N. Kapur chronicles the racism within the university and traces its insidious effects on students, faculty, and even the venerable Tarheel sports programs. Kapur tells this story not as a historian, but as a citizen speaking to her fellow citizens. She relies on the historical record to tell her story, and where that record is lacking, she elaborates on that record, augmenting and deconstructing the standard chronology. Kapur explores both the Chapel Hill campus and a parallel movement in nearby Durham, where a growing Black middle class helped to create North Carolina Central University, a historically Black public university.”

Please join us!

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