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BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMS FROM DCR
For more information, please contact Fay Henderson (919) 807-7389.
(RALEIGH—Feb. 6) During Black History Month, agencies of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources offer special programming in observance and celebration of that history. Cultural Resources includes seven history museums, 27 state historic sites, Archives and Records, Historical Publications, Historic Preservation, Archaeology, the N.C. Arts Council, N.C. Museum of Art, State Library, and the N.C. Symphony. Many programs that document, interpret or preserve the African American experience in North Carolina are available as resource materials through the department everyday.
February
Outer Banks History Center — Manteo
Freedom’ Voice Celebrating the Black Experience on the Outer Banks
The result of research by N.C. State University’s Language and Life Project, the exhibit presents informational panels, audio interviews with black residents, and touch screen TVs with information about the Outer Banks enduring and often invisible black community.
February
Stagville Plantation, Durham
Special activities for school groups Wednesdays and Fridays during Black History Month. Groups will be able to register for two activities that focus on African American history as part of their visit. Some activities have a 50 cent activity fee. Reservations must be paid at least three weeks in advance. No groups larger than 60 visitors.
February
James City Historical Society — North Carolina Exhibit
Craven County Library exhibit mounted in collaboration with Tryon Palace Historic Site and Gardens and the James City Historical Society, examines the history of the community settled by African Americans seeking refuge when Union Army troops occupied New Bern in 1862 during the Civil War.
February
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, Sedalia
Month-long activities include lectures, workshops, and exhibits. Groups encouraged to schedule in advance.Call 336-449-4846 for more information.
February
Town Creek Indian Mound, Mt. Gilead
Sundays — 2:00 p.m.
Special one-hour showings of “Black Indians: An American Story.” Narrated by James Earl Jones, detailing the cultural fusion of African and Native American cultures. Donations welcome.
February 3 — February 24
Museum of History, Raleigh
African American Reading Room
Saturdays —
1:30 — 2:30 p.m.
Visit the reading room, stocked with books for all ages about North Carolina's African American community. Work on a simple craft and take a book list home.
February 3 — February 25
Museum of History, Raleigh
African American History Tour
Saturdays and Sundays
Explore the lives and accomplishments of African Americans who have called North Carolina home.
February 10, 17, 24
N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh
“Celebrating Black History Month in Art”
Saturdays: Public Tour — 1:30 p.m.
February 10
“Writer’s Block: The North Carolina Roots of African American Literature: An
Anthology”
Museum of History, Raleigh
3:00 — 4:00 p.m
Learn why North Carolinians’ contributions to African American literature in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries surpassed those of any other southern state. A book signing follows the program.
February 11
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, Sedalia
4:00 p.m
Photography exhibit opening “Palmer Memorial Institute-An African American
Preparatory School in Sedalia, North Carolina” and introductory program-Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte. Yale professor Dr. Glenda Gilmore and Brown Museum Director Andrena Coleman explore the dynamic woman who had the vision and courage to create Palmer Memorial Institute.
February 11
Museum of History, Raleigh
Music of the Carolinas: Charles “Wsir’ Johnson
3:00 — 4:00 p.m.
Master percussionist Wsir Johnson will explore the rhythms found in music of the Caribbean, Africa, South America, and the southern United States. PineCone co-sponsors the performance.
February 11
Mountain Gateway
Museum, Old Fort
Heart and Soul: African-American History in McDowell County Area
A history of African American churches in McDowell County; gathering photographs and other artifacts.
February 15
Tryon Palace, New Bern
“And Still I Rise...”
7:00 p.m.
A choir song put together using poetry instead of dialog that depicts a range of black experiences love, violence, rejection, happiness, and the triumph of the human spirit over adversity.
February 17
N.C. Transportation Museum — Spencer
Tuskegee Airmen
Members of the Goldsboro Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen will talk about their experiences flying as part of an all African-American fighter squadron during World War II.
February 18
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Special Performance: “A Raisin In the Sun”
Raleigh Little Theater, Raleigh
3:00 p.m.
February 18
Tryon Palace, New Bern
African American Walking Tour
2:00 p.m. — Fee
Don’t venture out in the cold, come learn about 300 year’s of New Bern’s African American history in a slide presentation.
February 21
North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort
Pirate Ships, Slave Ships and Colonial America
Symposium examining the conversion of slave ships by pirates, the hierarchy of colonial America, international maritime activity, and the culture of slave ships and black pirates.
The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources is a state agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of North Carolina’s arts, history and culture, with the 2007 theme “History Happens Here.” Now podcasting 24/7 with information about the Department of Cultural Resources, all available at www.ncculture.com.
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