Historic Edenton Seeks Community Input on Frinks Freedom House Project

Join the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites at two upcoming listening sessions designed to gather community input on the division’s work to tell the story of Golden and Ruth Frinks, their home, and their central role in the struggle for Civil Rights in North Carolina and across the South. Since 2019, the division has been working to preserve the Golden Frinks home in Edenton. 

The Golden and Ruth Frinks Freedom House will be part of the larger Historic Edenton State Historic Site and will tell the story of the struggle for Civil Rights in North Carolina, as well as giving insight into the life and home of a twentieth-century Black family. The preservation of the house structure is being supported by a grant from the National Parks Service Historic Preservation Fund African American Civil Rights Program. Work will begin soon to ensure the circa 1885 structure survives for many years to come.

A grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting community engagement and collaboration with nationally recognized Civil Rights Era experts. These listening sessions will help to develop shared understandings about the history of the Golden and Ruth Frinks Freedom House, collaborative approaches to community programming, and inspiration for completing the historical documentation of the Frinks story in Edenton and beyond.

Members of the community are invited to participate two upcoming listening sessions: 

•    June 15, 6-8 p.m., Historic 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, Edenton
Please register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-listening-session-2-golden-and-r…

•    July 20, 6-8 p.m., Location to be Announced, Edenton
Please register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-listening-session-3-golden-and-r…