@michellelanier
Folklorist, author, documentarian, keeper of memory, womanist cartographer
Fellow, Duke University
Fellow, Duke University
The Harriet Jacobs Project | Linktree
The Harriet Jacobs Project | Linktree
Rooted - Southern Cultures
Rooted - Southern Cultures
Michelle Lanier | NC DNCR
Michelle Lanier | NC DNCR
Michelle served as the first executive director of North Carolina’s African American Heritage Commission, which strives to preserve, promote, and protect the state's African American history, arts, and culture for all people. With roots in North Carolina on both sides of her family, she has familial ties to Historic Stagville, the state's African American Music Trail, the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum (Palmer Memorial Institute), Black Wall Street, and many of the state's historically black colleges and universities.
Sojourning
Sojourning
Building on the legacies of Harriet Jacobs’s life and work, our summer issue explores sojourning as a creative and intellectual act.
Michelle Lanier | Substack
Michelle Lanier | Substack
A reflection of a southern light. A folklorist who dares to write. Click to read Michelle Lanier, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.
terraqueous: An Epistle for Harriet Ann Jacobs | ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies
terraqueous: An Epistle for Harriet Ann Jacobs | ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies
Black Portraiture Offering ~ Paris '23
Black Portraiture Offering ~ Paris '23
Bearing Witness: Michelle Lanier’s Unique Perspective on History - WALTER Magazine
Bearing Witness: Michelle Lanier’s Unique Perspective on History - WALTER Magazine
Women and Migration(s) II
Women and Migration(s) II
Sisterfeast and the Manna of Afro-Carolina
Sisterfeast and the Manna of Afro-Carolina
The Tables — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
The Tables — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
AfroCarolina folklorist and writer Michelle Lanier tells the stories of chosen pregnancy and abortion that continue to remind her why she fights for reproductive rights.
Waverly, Afro-Carolina by Michelle Lanier (memory keeper, filmmaker, and folklorist) for South…
Waverly, Afro-Carolina by Michelle Lanier (memory keeper, filmmaker, and folklorist) for South…
What are the containers that hold our hearts?
Soul Clap - Southern Cultures
Soul Clap - Southern Cultures
Issue No.3 June 2021 | Fire — Folklore for Resistance
Issue No.3 June 2021 | Fire — Folklore for Resistance
My N.C. from A-Z | Michelle Lanier | University of North Carolina Press
My N.C. from A-Z | Michelle Lanier | University of North Carolina Press
Children and parents will love learning their very first ideas about North Carolina in My N.C. from A–Z. This colorful, sturdy board book celebrates pride ...
LibGuides: My N.C. from A to Z Companion Guide: Home
LibGuides: My N.C. from A to Z Companion Guide: Home
A collection of links to online and print resources relating to topics explored in the book My N.C. from A to Z by Michelle Lanier.
Harriet Jacobs: A Map
Harriet Ann Jacobs.Incidents in the life of a slavegirl.
Harriet Ann Jacobs.Incidents in the life of a slavegirl.
A Womanist Reading of Colin Quashie's "Service: Panel 8"
A Womanist Reading of Colin Quashie's "Service: Panel 8"
On July 26, a mural named SERVICE was dedicated at UNC's School of Government in the Knapp-Sanders Building. The mural depicts a gathering of African-American leaders at the counter of a diner, painted by Colin Quashie as a creative interpretation of the historical 1960 Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in. We are featuring each of the eight panels in a series, highlighting some of the people represented. You can read all the posts in the series archive. As we look at panel 8 today, we welcome the comments of folklorist Michelle Lanier, who has guest blogged here...
Country Mansions (feat. Sitch & Talitha Rizin')
Country Mansions (feat. Sitch & Talitha Rizin')
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina | Sarah Bryan | University of North Carolina Press
African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina | Sarah Bryan | University of North Carolina Press
What the Land Witnessed: Lecture by Michelle Lanier
What the Land Witnessed: Lecture by Michelle Lanier
AFROSOUTHERN SYMBOLOGIES AND TYPOGRAPHIES
AFROSOUTHERN SYMBOLOGIES AND TYPOGRAPHIES
Home going: a spirit-centered ethnography exploring the transformative journey of documenting Gullah/Geechee funerals
Home going: a spirit-centered ethnography exploring the transformative journey of documenting Gullah/Geechee funerals
Call for Papers - Southern Cultures
Call for Papers - Southern Cultures
Rooted: Black Women, Southern Memory, and Womanist Cartographies
Rooted: Black Women, Southern Memory, and Womanist Cartographies
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