The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History is located not terribly far from where I work at the Rare Books Collection at Wilson Library. As such, I decided to pop over there one day after work for a look around.
The last time I had been to the Stone Center was freshman year, when I had women's studies 101 and my personal fitness lectures there. (Both classes were equally gruesome in their own special ways.) Having never seen much of the building beyond the auditorium, I decided to look around other areas as well.
I stopped by the Brown Gallery, though I didn't stay there for too long--I've never been much of an art person. Then I went to the library, which was much more interesting for me at least. I love libraries. And the fact that the Stone Center's library has over 10,000 volumes relating to Africana and African American life is really interesting. I wonder if there's an equal or larger sized collection elsewhere.
All in all, a pretty cool building. I really like how it's so many things--a cultural center, a museum, a library and an educational center all rolled into one. There's a palpable sense of pride in black culture there, and it was refreshing to experience that.
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