History Notes

History Notes

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History Notes episodes

  • From Grammys to Greensboro
    How a 5-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer transitions to life as a social justice advocate in Greensboro. Curator of Education talks with Rasheem Pugh about his career and his work to share opportunities through the Save the Arts Foundation.

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    46 min
  • Behind the Scenes at GTN
    Meet the people who power the Greensboro Television Network. We talk with producers Josh Johnson, Devon Smith and Carlos Castellanos about the history of the station, their range of programming and what goes into developing a show.

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    36 min
  • Speaking Their Piece
    Sam Smith from the Vance Chavis branch of the Greensboro Public Library discusses why supporting the BLM protests demonstrations during the summer of 2020 was so important. As a nonbinary member of the LGBTQ+ community, Sam felt a need to talk about identity, action and unity in Greensboro.

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    36 min
  • Groundbreaking Judge Elreta Alexander
    A conversation with historian Dr. Virginia Summey on her upcoming book about Judge Elreta Alexander. Alexander was a practicing African-American female lawyer and judge in Greensboro at a time when there were only a few who could claim the same in the state of North Carolina.

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    48 min
  • Committed to History
    Director Angela Thorpe talks about the mission of the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and its work to preserve and promote African American history, arts and culture in the Tarheel State.

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    27 min
  • Diversity, Equity and Learning
    Jasmine Getrouw-Moore, Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Guilford County Schools talks with Rodney Dawson about creating a nurturing educational environment designed to tolerate and encourage diversity.

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    57 min
  • Disrupting for Social Justice

    “Tired, angry, hurt, and disgusted.” These are the words that activist and rapper AJ Morgan used to describe what many have felt for decades. History Notes sits down with AJ to learn how he strategized and used commerce to galvanize people, and show power in unity and community. His efforts led him to block the streets of Greensboro, sit with local law enforcement  and politicians, plus help voter registration efforts across the South.


    Learn more about AJ and other Greensboro protesters against racial injustice in the exhibition Pieces of Now: Murals, Masks, Community Stories & Conversations


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    39 min
  • Lessons in Racism from Those Who Taught Us

    Members of the Ever-Achievers Retired Teachers Club share experiences fighting racism inside and outside the classroom. Participants include retired educators Ginny Williamson, Flossie Smith, Coley Hooker and Bettye Matier.


    From the History, Race, Education webinar August 18, 2020


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    1 hr 1 min
  • Teaching Controversial History

    Dr. Allison Fredette of the History Education Program at Appalachian State University shares how to teach difficult subjects such as slavery, racism and violence. In addition, the Greensboro Historical Teaching Alliance offers special instruction regarding the 1979 Greensboro Massacre.


    From the History, Race, Education webinar August 11, 2020


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    1 hr 1 min
  • The Sound of Hope

    Dr. Kellie Brown, professor of music at Milligan University in Elizabethton, TN, discusses her recent book, The Sound of Hope: Music as Solace, Resistance and Salvation During the Holocaust and World War II


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    36 min

About History Notes

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Listen in for conversations about the history of the Gate City and beyond. Museum staff talk to historians about events that shaped life in our city -- and to Greensboro’s own history makers.

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