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 historian and Lloyd International Honors fellow at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and has written extensively on topics related to women’s and civil rights history, NC history, and political/legal history.

Please reach out to John Serrano for more details about this free event, or call McGirt-Horton Branch Library at 336-373-5810.

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 program.

Christopher A. Cooper is Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor and Director of the Public policy Institute at Western Carolina University. In 2013 he was named North Carolina Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He is a regular contributor to the Old North State Politics blog, co-author of The Resilience of Southern Identity: Why the South Still Matters in the Minds of Its People and co-editor of The New Politics of North Carolina, both published by UNC Press.

Lynn Bonner has worked as an Investigative Reporter at NC Policy Watch since October 2020. Prior to that, she worked for 26 years as a reporter at The News & Observer, where she covered the state legislature and politics, and wrote extensively about mental health, state Medicaid policies and spending, and public education.

The Deeper into Democracy series supports NC Democracy: Eleven Elections. This exhibition explores choices and change across 11 state elections between 1776 and 2010, illustrating the twists and turns of who could participate, how voters cast their ballots, and what influenced decisions that continue to shape what democracy means today.

Discover some of East Greensboro’s political pioneers on a five-mile family friendly guided bicycle tour of places and people that helped reshape what democracy looked like in Greensboro. We’ll learn about Zoe P. Barbee, Dr. William Hampton, Justice Henry Frye and more. In support of Greensboro History Museum’s exhibition NC Democracy: Eleven Elections and the Project Democracy 20/20 initiative.

Check-in starts 12 pm. Tour departs 12:30 and returns to museum by 2 pm. Free event. Registration required through Bicycling in Greensboro.