• History Lunch Break: Of Regulators and Revolutionaries

    Friday, May 29, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

    Beginning in the late 1760s, a group of Piedmont NC farmers calling themselves the Regulators organized against increased taxation and other injustices from colonial officials. These protests would lead to […]

  • GSO Summer Online Juneteenth Celebration – Opening

    Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

    Join City officials and staff as we launch a day of online programming celebrating Juneteenth Includes an introduction to the history of Juneteenth with Curator of Education Rodney Dawson at […]

    Songs of Experience: A Conversation with Rhiannon Giddens

    Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am

    The singer, composer and Greensboro native talks with Curator of Exhibits Robert Harris about bringing African American history to life through music, storytelling and performance. Topics include Giddens’s ongoing composition […]

    Juneteenth Cooking with Dame’s Chicken & Waffles

    Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 11:15 am - 11:30 am

    Curator of Education Rodney Dawson visits Dame's Chicken & Waffles to learn about culinary traditions associated with Juneteenth celebrations. Access the program at the City of Greensboro Facebook page Part […]

    History Lunch Break: Voting Rights, an Unfinished Story

    Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

    The Fifteenth Amendment, which prevents states from excluding voters on the basis of race, is 150 years old this year. Yet the fulfillment of its promises has been a long […]

    Juneteenth and Its Greensboro Ties

    Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm

    Curator of Education Rodney Dawson talks to Dr. Arwin Smallwood of the Department of History & Political Science at North Carolina A&T State University about Greensboro connections to Juneteenth and […]

    The Divine Nine: Histories of Service

    Friday, June 19, 2020 @ 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm

    Curator of Education Rodney Dawson moderates a forum with Black Greek Letter Organization presidents about education, achievement and service. Access the program at the City of Greensboro Facebook page Part […]

    History Lunch Break: Games, Democracy, Museums, Tech

    Friday, June 26, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

    The Durham-based tech consultancy CrossComm Inc. developed "Gerrymander Madness: The Anti-Democracy VR Game" for the Greensboro History Museum's Project Democracy 20/20 initiative. CrossComm CEO Don Shin joins us on this […]