The African American Cultural Center cultivates the critical examination and exploration of African American and other African diasporic cultures. We create culturally relevant programming and facilitate research engagement in order to promote cultural intelligence, identity exploration, and knowledge of the richness and diversity of diasporic communities for the campus and surrounding communities. Here you may watch or listen to recordings from past programs.

Watch from Home

2011

• Living Legends: A Conversation with Herman and Iyaluua Ferguson

2016

• Harambee

2017

• Ebony Harlem Awards of Excellence (In Partnership with NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center)

2019

• Sneakerheads: The Intersection of Hip-Hop, Heritage, and Hypebeast

2020

• “Politics of Black Hair” Exhibit Opening Reception
• Fragile – Dr. Francine Ott
• Fragile Q&A Session with Dr. Francine Ott
• African Dance with Mama Vaune
  Part I
  Part II
  Part III
  Part IV
• Natural Hair Care Series – Taji Natural Hair Salon
  Simple Loc Maintenance
  Porosity 101 and Transitioning to Natural Hair
  Protective Styles
• Impact of Virtual Communities and Culture on the Perception of Race – Dr. Terrance Ruth, Lecturer, School of Social Work
• Let’s talk about ACP”: An African American Spiritual and Ethical Approach to Healthcare decision making and Advance Care Planning Program – Dr. Gloria T. Anderson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

2021

Red, White and Black Virtual Tour – Former program director in the AACC, Toni Harris Thorpe leads the Black Alumni Society on a virtual tour of black history at NC State.

Red, White and Black Tour discussion – Toni Harris Thorpe sits with Chris Saunders of NC State Magazine and discusses the importance of the Red, White and Black tour and black history at NC State.

Library Resources

Need a book while you’re staying at home? Whether you’re looking for an academic text or just your next fun read, we’ve got you covered!

Summer Reading

• The Revisioners: A Novel by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
• Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker
• Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy by Maggie Anderson and Ted Gregory
• Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance by Christina N. Baker
• The Water Dancer: A Novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Mouths Don’t Speak by Katia D. Ulysse
• Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
• Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings
• Trouble’s Child by Mildred Pitts Walter
• The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson
• Diversifying STEM: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Race and Gender by Ebony O. McGee and William H. Robinson
• African American Communication: Exploring Identity and Culture by Ronald L. Jackson
• Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones
• Black Culture & Experience: Contemporary Issues by Venise T. Berry, Anita Fleming-Rife, & Ayo Dayo
• Black Lives Matter & Music: Protest, Intervention, and Reflection edited by Fernando Orejuela and Stephanie Shonekan ; foreword by Portia K. Maultsby.
• What I Say: Innovative Poetry by Black Writers in America edited by Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Lauri Ramey
• Beyonce in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley
• From the Edge of the Ghetto: African Americans and the World of Work by Alford A. Young, Jr.
• The Development of Southern Public Libraries and the African American Quest for Library Access, 1898-1963 by Dallas Hanbury
• Appointed: An American Novel by William H. Anderson and Walter H. Stowers
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
• We Love You, Charlie Freeman: A Novel by Kaitlyn Greenidge
• Flowers for the Living by Sandra E. Johnson
• The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow