THIRD PERSON's innovative research initiatives include the Daily Record Project, an attempt, by digital means, to undo an act of historical erasure. By recruiting students from multiple schools to work as research assistants, the class uses modern technology to uncover and preserve lost and forgotten primary sources, including copies of the Record, the African-American newspaper once thought to have been wiped out during the Wilmington Massacre of 1898. 

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THIRD PERSON PROJECT also produces a series of arts and cultural events, including the original musical productions When the Battle’s Over and Lost Love Song, featuring the talents of Grammy Award-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens.