Ella Baker was an often overlooked, amazing organizer and pioneer in the struggle for racial justice. She grew up in Littleton, N.C., and has been called “the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” A new title for young adult readers, “We Who Believe in Freedom,” published by the Historical Research Office of the N.C. Office of Archives and History, is now available.
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Parents of 3, 4 and 5-year-old children are invited to sign up for free text messages from "Ready4K," provided by ParentPowered Public Benefit Corporation in partnership with the State Library of North Carolina.
Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed the week of Sept. 11-17, 2015 as Arts in Education Week in North Carolina.
Archaeologists love digging around in old locations seeking new information. A group of students with Dr. Charles Ewen, East Carolina University department of anthropology, did just that at Brunswick Town-Fort Anderson State Historic Site this summer.
A live webcast from New River State Park at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, will examine the history and culture of the ancient New River in an area inhabited by humans for 10,000 years.
With subjects as varied as explorer Marco Polo, groundbreaking dancer Martha Graham and early pioneers of flight and rocketry, more than 450 students across North Carolina competed last month through exhibits, documentaries, performances and papers to earn top placements in the state's National History Day competition.
When students escape the classroom for a joyous summer, make sure reading is on the list of fun things to do. The Summer Reading 2016 program at local libraries encourage everyone to get busy! The children's theme, On Your Mark, Get Set, Read; teen theme, Get in the Game: Read; and adult theme, Exercise Your Mind - Read, all celebrate the link between a fit body and a fit mind.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD as it is most commonly referred to, is very much a part of the Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg communities. How much do we know about the history of PTSD? Is it something that resulted from current or recent conflicts?
A livestream webcast from Alamance Battlefield May 13, on the mood and issues contributing to the Battle of Alamance has been changed from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
More than 400 middle and high school students will demonstrate "Exploration, Encounter, Exchange in History," the theme for the History Day competition April 30 at the N.C. Museum of History.