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June 2020
History Lunch Break: Voting Rights, an Unfinished Story
The Fifteenth Amendment, which prevents states from excluding voters on the basis of race, is 150 years old this year.…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: Games, Democracy, Museums, Tech
The Durham-based tech consultancy CrossComm Inc. developed "Gerrymander Madness: The Anti-Democracy VR Game" for the Greensboro History Museum's Project Democracy…
Find out more »July 2020
History Lunch Break: Reinventing Democracy in Germany after World War II
A conversation with historian Derek Holmgren about the restoration and reinvention of democracy in West Germany after 1945. Derek Holmgren…
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History Lunch Break: Documenting History Happening Now in NC
How are museums and archives capturing the experiences and artifacts of 2020? How do we curate these materials? How do…
Find out more »History Lunch Break: Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown & Her Legacies
Educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown established the Palmer Memorial Institute in 1902. Over the next half century she would make it…
Find out more »September 2020
History Lunch Break: O. Henry in Texas, Heart of the West
The Greensboro History Museum isn’t alone in sharing the story of famous short story writer William Sydney Porter (born Sept.…
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