Pierce Freelon

Pierce Freelon is an American politician, musician and academic. He is a current member of Durham City Council representing Ward 3. Freelon is the founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturist digital makerspace. He co-founded Beat Making Lab, an Emmy Award winning PBS web-series. He is co-director, writer and composer of The History of White People in America, a PBS animated series. He is a Children's Music artist and producer. Freelon has taught in the departments of African, African American and Diaspora Studies and Music at UNC-Chapel Hill and in the Department of Political Science at North Carolina Central University. He is also a former board member of the North Carolina Arts Council.