Partner Program

One City, One Book Discussion with author Annette Clapsaddle Indigenous women are often stereotyped in our culture and have been throughout history. Misrepresentation continues to be a tool that perpetuates the devaluation of Native women, and consequently, violence against Native women. Tommy Orange’s novel, There, There, is arguably a representation of the diversity and complexity […]

The Greensboro Public Library is proud to present a One City, One Book stage reading of the play, "The Dragonflies’ Daughters" by Patsy B. Hawkins. Patsy is a local playwright and enrolled member of the Lumbee tribe of Robeson County, NC. The play incorporates stories her extended family has shared with her, actual historical events, […]

The classic match-up between North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro and NC Central University in Durham has been a fan favorite for decades. Now on view in the museum lobby is a sampling of photographs, objects and interviews highlighting this nearly century-old rivalry. This Community Voices display has been organized by the North Carolina […]

Do you see a need in your community and have an idea of how to fix it? The City of Greensboro’s Participatory Budgeting program may be able to help. PB will provide $500,000 for resident-driven projects or programs across the city. This virtual kickoff event and community workshop will teach you how PB works and […]

February is National Library Lover’s Month. You are invited to the Greensboro Public Library's thirteenth annual celebration of books and reading! Meet your fellow book lovers. We will welcome three North Carolina authors for an engaging conversation about books, libraries, reading and book clubs: Jason Mott: A 2021 National Book Award winner, Hell Of A […]

A panel of historians, archivists, and community members talk about the legacy of redlining in Greensboro. Explore the F. D Bluford Library's How Redlining Segregated Greensboro & America traveling popup exhibition at 6 pm, then listen to the panel at 7 pm. This program is in collaboration with the F. D. Bluford Library at NC […]

*INCLEMENT WEATHER UPDATE: Concert has been moved to One Thirteen Brewhouse and museum after-hours activities will not be taking place Learn more at https://www.downtowngreensboro.org/first-friday/

A Conversation with Bakari Sellers, Afrique Kilimanjaro, and Siobhan Riley moderated by Carla Banks.   African Americans in the media industry have historically been underrepresented. Join us for a panel discussion with three esteemed journalists, CNN political analyst, lawyer & activist Bakari Sellers; managing editor and publisher of the Carolina Peacemaker, Afrique I. Kilimanjaro; and […]

Join McGirt-Horton Library for a presentation by Dr. Deborah Barnes and learn about her work on the history of lynching narratives in the United States. The 1893 lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas was “one of the first blatantly public, actively promoted lynchings of a southern Black by a large crowd of southern Whites,” […]

McGirt-Horton Branch Library and the Greensboro History Museum are excited to welcome Dr. Virginia Summey for a presentation and conversation about her new book The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism within the Courts. Her work draws extensively on Alexander's own writings most of which are housed in the UNC Greensboro archives. Dr. Summey is a […]