History Notes

History Notes

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History Notes episodes

  • A Conversation with Rev. Jesse Jackson

    He’s led the social justice fight nationally, but it all started at NC A&T State University in 1963. The civil rights leader talks about protests in Greensboro past and present.

    Photo: NC A&T State Student Body President Jesse Jackson, from the 1964 Ayantee yearbook


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    18 min
  • Police, Protests and Pieces of Now
    Greensboro Police Chief Brian James visited the museum’s Pieces of Now exhibition to discuss some of the events of 2020 and the challenges of connecting police and community.

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    22 min
  • From Selma to Montgomery, Part 2
    Three African-American Law Enforcement Leaders travel to Alabama crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge and walk from Selma to Montgomery. Learn the story, who they met along the way, and why they got so emotional with each step.

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    40 min
  • From Selma to Montgomery, Part 1
    Three African-American Law Enforcement Leaders travel to Alabama crossing Edmund Pettus Bridge and walk from Selma to Montgomery. Learn the story, who they met along the way, and why they got so emotional with each step.

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    26 min
  • Coffee with the Sheriff

    Guilford County Sheriff Danny Rogers is the first African American to hold that office. He shares his perspectives on the role of the sheriff's office and how to engage diverse communities across the county.


    (Photo courtesy Guilford County Sheriff Department)


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    31 min
  • Should My Ancestor’s Statue Come Down?
    Joanne Foley’s ancestor Maj. Joseph Winston (1746-1815) was a Revolutionary War militia leader and slaveholder whose statue stands in Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. She talks about monuments, battling white supremacy and her own changing perspectives on the past.

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    25 min
  • School Days: A Conversation with Dr. Sharon Contreras
    Guilford County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sharon Contreras heads the nation's 41st largest school district. She talks about challenges for public education and the role of history and social studies.

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    28 min
  • Best of Enemies: A Talk with Osha Gray Davidson

    Osha Gray Davidson's book Best of Enemies is about the relationship between the civil rights activist Ann Atwater and her nemesis, C. P. Ellis, Exalted Cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan. The events in the book took place in 1971 in Durham, North Carolina, over the issue of school integration. Davidson spoke with Curator of Education Rodney Dawson during his fall 2019 visit to Greensboro as part of the Greensboro Public Library's One City One Book.



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    39 min
  • Teachers on the Front Line of School Desegregation
    Students were not the only ones affected by school desegregation in Guilford County between the 1960s and 1980s. Listen in as Curator of Education Rodney Dawson talks with members of the Ever Achieving Retired Teachers Club Lena Murrill-Chapman, Everlena Diggs, and Odessa Patrick about their experiences in the classroom. Recorded January 2019.

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    45 min
  • Lunar and Losar: Dr. Eric Mortenson on Asian New Year Traditions
    Dr. Eric Mortensen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and International Studies Program Coordinator at Guilford College. Listen in as he shares the history and traditions of East Asian Lunar New Year celebrations as well as the Tibetan Losar festival with Curator of Education Rodney Dawson. Recorded January 2019.

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    34 min

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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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