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,” […]

Bring your little lions to the museum for some back to school history fun for kids and their families. Stop by the tables in the lobby for history crafts and activities. At 11 am make your way to the Welcome to the Gate City exhibit for Storytime in Miss Lina’s School House!   

Celebrate Women's Equality Day with an in-person History Lunch Break at the Greensboro History Museum. Join us for a conversation about North Carolina suffrage stories from the exhibition NC Democracy: Eleven Elections and beyond with Meredith College History Department's Angela Robbins and Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum & State Historic Site's Liz Torres Melendez . Bring […]

Drop by the museum  for Trauma in the Civil War’s Final Campaign with Author Ernest A. Dollar Jr.! Dollar, the Director of the City of Raleigh Museum, talks about his new book, Hearts Torn Asunder: Trauma in the Civil War's Final Campaign in North Carolina with UNCG History PhD Candidate, Andrew Turner. Book sales and […]

For more than a decade the New Arrivals Institute has been providing immigrants and refugees with language and job training. We'll talk with NAI Executive Director Leilani Roughton about the organization, the people it serves, and its connection to Greensboro's history as a welcoming city for newcomers. Bring your own lunch to the museum and […]

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 […]

Join the Greensboro Public Library for this special presentation with author Oscar Hokeah starting with a light continental breakfast served at 8:30 am. Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father’s injury […]

Enjoy a live History Notes podcast with Bennett Belles who took part in the 1960 Sit-Ins. Plus, see a preview of Triad Stage's world premiere of  Rebellious by NC playwright Mike Wiley. Program takes place in partnership with Triad Stage at its Upstairs Cabaret. Refreshments served.

What’s on voters’ minds this fall ahead of midterm elections? How are court decisions shaping the state’s political landscape? How are the latest electoral maps influencing contests? Political scientist Christopher A. Cooper will be talking with veteran political reporter Lynn Bonner about what may be shaping North Carolinian’s choices this November in a free public […]

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event is postponed. Hopefully, we will have a reschedule date to share soon. In the meantime, check out our other upcoming events at https://greensborohistory.org/events. Join us for a conversation between author Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Professor of History Emerita at Yale University, and Maya Brooks, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at […]