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Women at the Center

Spring, 2024 newsletter: 2024-2025 research travel grant recipients; Rosetta Reitz Musical Archive of Care; Beyond the Bingham Center; classes supported during the spring semester.

Exhibit: June 10 – December 3, 2023

The Jerry and Bruce Chappell Family Gallery

During the summer and fall of 2023 we were pleased to offer an exhibit, curated with intention by Kamau Pope, honoring the decades-long work of Mandy Carter, a Durham, NC-based Black lesbian feminist activist who has been central in the struggle for social justice, especially nonviolent resistance, Black freedom movements, and queer liberation.

The exhibit design was created by a Durham, NC-based, Black-owned firm, Kompleks Creative, and the typeface was designed, in honor of Mandy Carter, by Tré Seals of Vocal Type.

Access the online exhibit and event recodings here.

EXHIBIT EVENTS:

Opening Event: Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Rubenstein Library

Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. , via zoom

“Looking Back, Marching Forward: Mandy Carter, Walter Naegle, Barbara Smith, and Kamau Pope in Conversation,” reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the 30th anniversary of the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation (1993), and the urgency of connecting history with current struggles for freedom and justice.

Event recording here.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m., Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room, Rubenstein Library

"In Conversation about the National Black Justice Coalition: Mandy Carter, Victoria Kirby York (NBJC), Eric D. Martin (NCCU), and Kamau Pope (Duke)" exploring the history and future of America’s leading national civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people.

Event recording here.

Friday, November 10, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Chappell Family Gallery, Rubenstein Library

Guided Tour and Writing workshop with Mandy Carter.

In partnership with the Griot and Grey Owl Black Southerns Writers Conference

Event recording here.

Writing and Talking about Memoir: Little Brother, a Conversation with Sallie Bingham

Cover image from the book titled Little Brother, a Memoir. It is an image of a male child wearing a jacket and dark glasses.

the Bingham Center hosted a conversation with author Sallie Bingham on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. ET. In her latest memoir, Little Brother, Bingham reflects on her youngest sibling, Jonathan, and his all-too brief life. This program will be recorded and shared online. To learn more about this book or to purchase a copy, visit Sarabande Books.

View the recording of this event here.