Black History

Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.

The Drakeford Library Complex is named after Robert Drakeford, Carrboro's first Black mayor. It's located at 203 North Greensboro Street.

The film, "Negro Durham Marches On," depicts many of the thriving Black-owned businesses and organizations in Durham's Hayti community before they were lost to urban renewal and the construction of the Durham Freeway.

St. Michael's Episcopal Church is partnering with a nonprofit to create 18 faith-based permanent affordable houses in Raleigh’s historic Idlewild neighborhood.

“The Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery” will open in Winston-Salem with artifacts and historical records dating back to the 18th century.

A leadership ceremony was held over the weekend at the Franklinton Center at Bricks in Whitakers to celebrate its new executive director.

A family in Raleigh was one of the first to fight to get their son Joseph Holt Jr. into an all-white school in the 1950s. As part of Black History Month, Wake County libraries highlighted the family as well as State Administrator Dudley Flood, who traveled across North Carolina assisting schools with integration.

A new website shows updated information about the former enslaved workers who built North Carolina’s State Capitol.

Over half of the gravesites at the historic African American Maides Cemetery in Wilmington are unidentified. UNC-Wilmington researchers are working with the Historic Wilmington Foundation to identify them and bring about better recognition for the history of Black residents in the area.

Due South co-host Leoneda Inge has launched a new recurring segment on historically Black colleges and universities: HBCU 101.