Topics Related to Historical Resources

Oral History Project to Chronicle Civil Rights in Northeastern North Carolina

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) seek to conduct oral history interviews with persons active in the Civil Rights Movement between the years 1941 to 1976 in northeastern North Carolina.

National Register Adds 7 North Carolina Historic Places

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is pleased to announce that one district boundary increase, two districts and four individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

DNCR Western Office Hosts Virtual Program on Reconstruction in Western North Carolina

Reconstruction remains one of the most misunderstood periods in our nation’s history. Broadly, it was about the meaning of citizenship as African American enslaved people seized their freedom and the restoration of the former Confederate states to the Union.

NC and SC African American Heritage Commissions Partner to Gather Black Pandemic Experiences

The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and the State Archives of North Carolina are partnering with the WeGOJA Foundation on a new initiative, Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic, to capture the experiences of African Americans in the Carolinas during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will gather first-person testimonies, letters, music, images, art and other documents that will be part of a physical and virtual exhibit.

Stokes Early College High School Awarded Four Heirloom Apple Trees By Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

Stokes Early College High School (SECHS) in Walnut Cove, N.C. is the recipient of this year’s grant from Horne Creek Farm’s “Instructional Heirloom Apple Orchard for Schools” program.

State Cabinet Secretaries to Visit Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site

North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary D. Reid Wilson and Department of Administration Secretary Pamela B. Cashwell will visit Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site Tuesday in Honor of American Indian Heritage Month, which is celebrated in November.

The Federation of N.C. Historical Societies Presents the 2021 Albert Ray Newsome Award to the Southport Historical Society for Excellence in Local History

 A local historical group’s swift adoption of technology and social media promotion of its programming has been rewarded.

Pastor Who Wrote Eyewitness Account of 1898 Wilmington Coup To Be Honored With Historical Marker

A pastor who wrote a key eyewitness account of 1898 Wilmington Coup soon will be recognized with a new North Carolina Highway Historical Marker in Wilmington.