African-American History

Alex Granados

The origins of the Black Panther Party were as a group that wanted to provide self-defense and support to communities overlooked and abused by the鈥�

Pauli Murray marker sits at Carroll and West Chapel Hill Streets in Durham.

Arts & Culture

Pauli Murray Gets State Historic Marker

Leoneda Inge

An official state historic marker now sits in the West-End neighborhood of Durham celebrating the life of human rights leader Pauli Murray. When the鈥�

The State of Things

Black Soldiers In The Civil War

Frank Stasio

Visualize a Civil War soldier and a sepia colored picture of a white man likely comes to mind. But thousands of African Americans in North Carolina served鈥�

The State of Things

Black Soldiers In The Civil War

Frank Stasio

Visualize a Civil War soldier and a sepia colored picture of a white man likely comes to mind. But thousands of African Americans in North Carolina served鈥�

Arts & Culture

Eastern NC House To Become Black History Museum

Will Michaels

The owners of a historic house in eastern North Carolina are donating it for use as an African-American history museum. The Picot-Armistead-Pettiford鈥�

Politics

Fifty Years Later, N.C. Sit-In Site Becomes Museum

Jessica Jones

Fifty years ago, on Feb. 1, four black college students sat down at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., and asked to be served. Their action sparked a movement that helped lead to the integration of public places. Now the building that housed that lunch counter is a civil rights museum, opening Feb. 1.

The State of Things

Uncovering Black Asheville

Frank Stasio

In the late 1800s, North Carolina's favorite mountain retreat was home to a progressive African-American community that founded the Young Men's Institute.鈥�

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African-American History