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The Southern Oral History Program will mark its 25th anniversary this year by
recording hundreds of stories of North Carolina citizens.
In one of the most ambitious projects the program ever has undertaken,
historians will document the state's recent history.
The project, "Listening for a Change: North Carolina Communities in
Transition," is being launched with $150,000 from the Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation of Winston-Salem, a trust established to benefit state citizens.
"Listening for a Change" historians already are beginning to tape interviews.
Tapes and transcripts will be deposited in the library's Southern Historical
Collection. Researchers also will share findings through books, articles, World
Wide Web sites, radio and television shows, exhibits and community forums.
"Listening" will include an overview project--about changes as North Carolina
moves into the 21st century--and seven community projects centered on these
themes: race and the public schools, environment, and the impact of a changing
global economy and new immigrant communities.
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