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REPRESENT: From Women’s Suffrage to Changing the World

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - Saturday, August 29, 2020

It's a commemoration of 100 years of the 19th Amendment and a look ahead to what women's leadership might look like in the future. Produced with the Greensboro Public Library, […]

History Lunch Break: Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown & Her Legacies

Friday, August 28, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Educator Charlotte Hawkins Brown established the Palmer Memorial Institute in 1902. Over the next half century she would make it into a leading preparatory school for African American students. Glenn […]

Represent: Running For Office and Beyond

Friday, August 28, 2020 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Many barriers exist for women looking to run for office. Join us for a virtual program with comedian, actress, and activist June Diane Raphael, and Kate Black, former chief of […]

History Lunch Break: O. Henry in Texas, Heart of the West

Friday, September 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

The Greensboro History Museum isn’t alone in sharing the story of famous short story writer William Sydney Porter (born Sept. 11, 1862, and better known as O. Henry). We’re joined […]

History Lunch Break: Dancing Who We Are

Friday, September 18, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

This year’s National Dance Day festivities are taking place online rather than live in LeBauer Park. We’re joined by Amanda Miller from Greensboro Downtown Parks and performers Jaleel Cheek, Ramya […]

History Lunch Break: NC Asian Americans and the Vote

Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 12:00 pm

In the last decade the number of eligible Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters in North Carolina has grown dramatically. We’ll talk with Ricky Leung of NC Asian Americans Together […]

Mascots and Indigenous Representation: A Webinar

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dr. Mary Anne Jacobs and Dr. Jane Halladay of UNC-Pembroke discuss school and team mascots' representation of indigenous people. Free program. Registration required Register Part of the Indigenous in North Carolina […]

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women: A Webinar

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Since 1994, North Carolina has seen at least 90 cases of missing or murdered indigenous women. Just this spring, Governor Cooper declared May 5, 2020 to be a “Day of […]

Spooky Stories from the Museum

Friday, October 30, 2020

Storyteller Cynthia Moore Brown shares a thrilling set of ghost stories from the museum on Friday, October 30. Brown, who has published several volumes of spooky tales and appeared on […]

Speaking Our Piece: Communities

Thursday, November 5, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Join us for an informal discussion about what the pandemic, protests and economic situation of 2020 have meant to different communities in Greensboro. Whose stories are missing from Pieces of […]