Bring your lunch to the museum on Thursday, December 19, and enjoy an insiders' introduction to the Smithsonian traveling exhibition American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith, open now. The museum’s Curator of Community History, Glenn Perkins, will offer this free introduction to the exhibition and the NC Points of Change that connect the American […]

A special introduction to Project Democracy 20/20 for area educators. Tour the Smithsonian traveling exhibition American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. Experience Gerrymander Madness: The Anti-Democracy VR Game. Learn how to incorporate Project Democracy 20/20 into your lesson plans. Obtain resources and lessons aligned with curriculum standards. Free open house. Light hors d’oeuvres served. […]

In this conversation we’ll explore the language of hate vs. the language of dissent, who decides who is allowed to speak and how, and the responsibility of the media consumer in safeguarding free speech issues. With Jonathan Friedman, project director for campus free speech at PEN America; Allen Johnson, Editorial Page Editor at the Greensboro […]

Jay Callahan, local Revolutionary War reenactor and speaker, will talk about this familiar battle from the British perspective. Social time begins at 10, with the program at 10:30. Guests welcome. For more information, call Sandra Canipe at 336.273.6491

Looking to learn more about your family? Genealogists from the African American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) will help close the gaps often found in the lineage of African Americans due to slavery and family separations. Participants will complete a pedigree chart and then have an opportunity to take part in a 20 minute personal […]

Celebrate Great Leap of Faith Day at the Greensboro History Museum.  Visit the Smithsonian traveling exhibition American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith and enjoy a special program of songs from Counterpoint from Triad Pride Performing Arts in the museum auditorium at 2 pm.

Screening of The Green Book Guide to Freedom documentary, followed by a panel discussion of elders and experts. This evening begins with the launch of the new traveling exhibit “Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina.” Developed by the NC African American Heritage Commission with funding from the Institute of […]

Special guest speaker Betsy Greer will discuss Craftivism, community building and crafting civic engagement. A panel with Greensboro artist Sunny Gravely and craftivist Kathy Newsom follows Greer’s talk. Betsy Greer is author of Knitting for Good! and editor of the anthology Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism. Her online projects include http://craftivism.com and http://youaresoverybeautiful.com/. […]

Reflections on Memorials, and Landscapes of Oppression and Uplift, with Dr. Valerie Johnson, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Shaw University. Reception at 5 pm / lecture at 5:30 pm Co-sponsored by the Mellon-funded Transforming the Humanities initiative, UNCG Archaeology Program and UNCG Department of Classical Studies

Try your hand at American bracketology, Where Do You Stand?, striking a Four Freedoms pose, Gerrymander Madness: The Anti-Democracy VR Game and much more at an after hours event for the whole family!