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Bits of History

Bits of History

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Ku-Klux and the Birth of the Klan

Ku-Klux and the Birth of the Klan

Historian Elaine Frantz discusses her book about the birth of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.Historian Elaine Fr... Read more

28 Mar 2019

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North Carolina and the Franklin Statehood Movement

North Carolina and the Franklin Statehood Movement

In 1782, a group of North Carolinians living in several far western counties began a secession movement with the goal to... Read more

29 Nov 2018

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Lynching in North Carolina

Lynching in North Carolina

Dr. Vann Newkirk discusses his book Lynching in North Carolina: A History, 1865–1941, and the impact of lynching and mob... Read more

14 Jan 2013

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Reconstruction and the Struggle for Racial Equality

Reconstruction and the Struggle for Racial Equality

Dr. Brooks Simpson’s edited collection of more than 120 speeches, newspaper and magazine articles, letters, and other pe... Read more

19 Jun 2019

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Civil War Courts-Martial of North Carolina Troops

Civil War Courts-Martial of North Carolina Troops

During the Civil War, soldiers from North Carolina were sentenced to death in greater numbers than soldiers from any oth... Read more

2 Oct 2017

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Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson

Unspeakable: The Story of Junius Wilson

Historian Susan Burch discusses her 2007 book (which she coauthored with Hannah Joyner) about a deaf African American ma... Read more

1 Jul 2013

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WWI's USS North Carolina

WWI's USS North Carolina

The third of four ships in the US Navy named for the state of North Carolina was commissioned in 1908: the USS North Car... Read more

28 Jul 2017

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The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War

The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War

During the Civil War, music accompanied soldiers almost everywhere they went. Regardless of race or ethnicity, it affect... Read more

22 Aug 2013

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North Carolina and World War One

North Carolina and World War One

After hearing his grandfather’s recollections of WWI, Jackson Marshall, deputy director of the North Carolina Museum of ... Read more

22 Jun 2017

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History of the Emancipation Proclamation

History of the Emancipation Proclamation

Bruce Bustard, senior exhibits curator, at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., discuss... Read more

5 Apr 2013

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The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds

The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds

Robert Rice Reynolds was a colorful and suave Senator who represented North Carolina from 1933 to 1945 before his contro... Read more

26 Apr 2013

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The Value and Legacy of Oral Histories

The Value and Legacy of Oral Histories

As director of the Southern Oral History Program, Dr. Rachel Seidman oversees a collection of more than 6,000 interviews... Read more

2 Feb 2018

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Ernie Barnes and the Merger of Art and Athlete

Ernie Barnes and the Merger of Art and Athlete

An interview with Luz Rodriguez, trustee for the Ernie Barnes Estate,on the life and work of Ernie Barnes. With his uniq... Read more

19 Jun 2018

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A Personal Connection to HBCUs

A Personal Connection to HBCUs

Taneya Thompson, a 2018 summer Museum of History intern, hosted this podcast—which explores her experiences as a student... Read more

1 Oct 2018

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Conserving the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Conserving the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Terry Boone, an exhibits conservator at the National Archives and Records Administration, discusses methods used by cura... Read more

27 Feb 2013

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Pauli Murray and the Long Civil Rights Movement

Pauli Murray and the Long Civil Rights Movement

The brilliant legal writings of Durham’s Pauli Murray challenged civil rights barriers not only for African Americans bu... Read more

15 May 2018

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Alamance Battleground and the Regulator Movement

Alamance Battleground and the Regulator Movement

A conversation with Jeremiah DeGennaro, site manager of the Alamance Battleground State Historic Site, about the Battle ... Read more

24 Apr 2017

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Civil War Refugees and the Struggle for Freedom

Civil War Refugees and the Struggle for Freedom

Chandra Manning, associate professor of History at Georgetown University, talks about her new book, "Troubled Refuge: St... Read more

25 Jul 2016

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Hugh Morton's View of North Carolina

Hugh Morton's View of North Carolina

Catherine Morton, Hugh Morton’s youngest daughter, talks about her father’s 70-year career as a photographer, his intere... Read more

27 Jun 2016

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Anarchy and the Historic House Museum

Anarchy and the Historic House Museum

An interview with Frank Vagnone, preservationist, architect, artist, and coauthor of the "Anarchist's Guide to Historic ... Read more

4 Dec 2015

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