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March 2021
History Lunch Break: Family Remedy – RESCHEDULED
The 1918-19 influenza epidemic helped transform Lunsford Richardson’s Vicks business into a global company. Ashley Kaufman, author of “The Little…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: Battle Anniversary in a Pandemic
Rebecca Barefoot of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park joins us to talk about the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and some…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: Ella Baker–Six Decades in the Making
As the Sit-in Movement launched in Greensboro expanded, Ella Baker of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference invited student leaders to…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: Exceptional Athlete, Exceptional Students
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. On this week’s History Lunch Break, Curator of Collections Jon B. Zachman shares a…
Find out more »April 2021
History Lunch Break: East White Oak Past and Present
The East White Oak Community Center has been serving its mill village neighborhood for more than a century. Justin Lewter…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: NC African Americans During World War II
Ernest Hooker from the North Carolina A&T State University Department of History and Political Science talks with Jon Zachman about…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: For Greensboro Was the Hospital
As North Carolina crossed into the 20th century, the state's medical establishment was tested by a harmful and contagious disease:…
Find out more »May 2021
History Lunch Break: Pan-Asian Voices
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and a chance to explore the contributions and diversity of AAPI families…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: Greensboro Contemporary Jewish Museum
In 2019-2020, on a residency at UNCG, artist Shoshana Gugenheim conceived of a new contemporary Jewish museum for Greensboro. The…
Find out more »June 2021
History Lunch Break: Remnants of the ORD
Between 1943 and 1946, more than 330,000 soldiers passed through Greensboro’s Overseas Replacement Depot (ORD), the largest World War II…
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