James R Walker Jr and North Carolina's Literacy Test
James R Walker Jr and North Carolina's Literacy Test
John Wertheimer, professor of history at Davidson College, discusses how he worked with his undergraduate students to re... Read more
6 Apr 2020
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Women's Suffrage in North Carolina
Women's Suffrage in North Carolina
What began in the middle 1800s as a series of public talks that promoted full voting rights for women finally became a n... Read more
6 Apr 2020
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The French and Indian War
The French and Indian War
In 1754 war spread from Europe to North American and became a struggle over territory fought between the French and the ... Read more
1 Dec 2019
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Toy Boom! Toys from the 1950s and '60s
Toy Boom! Toys from the 1950s and '60s
From 1946 to 1964, the American birth rate soared. A new child-focused culture emerged alongside a prosperous economy, a... Read more
6 Nov 2019
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Arthur Dobbs and the Colonial Records Project
Arthur Dobbs and the Colonial Records Project
The state’s Colonial Records Project cares for thousands of documents that depict the history of the state from its earl... Read more
18 Sep 2019
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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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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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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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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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