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Gift of the Magi Community Read Video Premiere

Thursday, December 17, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join the Greensboro Public Library and Greensboro History Museum for the premiere of "O. Henry's Gift of the Magi: A Community Read." This new video brings people from across Greensboro […]

Share Your New Year’s Resolution

Friday, January 1, 2021 - Friday, January 8, 2021

We're partnering with Action Greensboro to collect your 2021 New Year’s resolutions as part of our History Happening Now initiative. What are you resolve to do in 2021? Call or […]

10 Things You Might Not Know About the American Revolution

Monday, January 4, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join National Park Interpretation Ranger Jason Baum from Guilford Courthouse National Military Park for a look into some lesser-known facts about the American Revolution. Click below to register on Zoom. […]

Greensboro Human Rights Commission MLK Memorial

Monday, January 18, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

In light of the pandemic, the Greensboro Human Rights Commission is hosting a virtual MLK Memorial event in place of the annual breakfast. A free video production honoring Rev. Dr. […]

History Lunch Break: $4.50 and Change

Friday, February 5, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

In December 1955, a round of golf at Greensboro's Gillespie Park became a major civil rights showdown. We'll talk with Robert Baggett, Tom Donahue, Tim Quillen and GHM Education Curator […]

Education Webinar: Police Qualified Immunity

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 6:00 pm

With many questions about the changing expectations of law enforcement and ideas about their role in our democracy, this webinar series offers in-depth looks at three areas that connect police, […]

History Lunch Break: More Than Just a Home

Friday, February 12, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

James Baldwin. James Brown. Satchel Paige. These are just a few of the notable Black travelers to stay at Greensboro's Historic Magnolia House. But the Green Book hotel was also […]

Education Webinar: Police-Community Relations

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

With many questions about the changing expectations of law enforcement and ideas about its role in our democracy, this webinar series offers in-depth looks at three areas that connect police, […]

Carol Chats with Glenn Hinson

Thursday, February 18, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

In honor of Anthropology Day, Museum Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart will be chatting with Glenn Hinson, Assoc. Professor of Folklore and Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]

History Lunch Break: Complexities of Color in Early NC

Friday, February 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

In his new book, North Carolina’s Free People of Color, 1715–1885, Dr. Warren Milteer Jr. of UNCG's Department of History challenges notions about how the South’s racial hierarchies operated. We’ll […]