Topics Related to Lectures and Workshops
August 10, 2024, 1:30pm - 3pm
Historian Chris Grimes will discuss Seaman/Pvt. Israel Pearce's life story while serving in the North Carolina Continental Line and how he advocated for himself as a veteran in the years after the American Revolution.
May 16, 2024, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum reflects on the legacy of school integration 70 years after the landmark Supreme Court decision that changed education, Brown vs. Board of Education.
May 2, 2024, 6pm - 8pm
Join us on Thursday, May 2, for a first-person presentation by Carolyn Ivanoff on Clara Barton. This dinner theater event is being held in honor of National Nurses Week, May 6-May 12, designated to recognize nurses' contributions to communities. May 6 is National Nurses Day, and May 12 is the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
April 20, 2024, 10am - 11:30am
Join us at the Vance Birthplace on April 20 for our annual. This year's speaker, Dr. Angela Elder, will be discussing widowhood during the Civil War.
July 13, 2024, 10am - 4pm
Naval living history event!
April 6, 2024, 10am - 3pm
Come out and learn how to graft an apple tree. Jason Bowen, Horne Creek Farm’s horticulturist, will be on hand to share his knowledge of southern apple varieties and conduct a grafting seminar. Jason will lead you through the process of splicing dormant scion wood and root stocks. At the end of the day all participants will take their newly grafted heirloom apple tree home with them.Class size is limited to 20. Participants must be 16 or older.Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fee: $50.00.Pre-registration is required. Call 336-325-2298 to enroll.
February 14, 2024, 12pm - 3pm
Celebrate the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass! On Douglass Day, joining a national effort to create new digital resources for African American history. Join us at History Stagville for a transcription party to digitize Black history records.
October 22, 2023, 3pm - 5pm
Please join the NCCU Department of History for the 2023 Earlie E. Thorpe Lecture at Horton Grove. Double Eagle, Dr. Glen Anthony Harris, will lecture on the career of the esteemed photojournalist Alexander Rivera.
May 17, 2023, 6pm - 7:30pm
Join us to explore the life, work, and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune as well as the friendship between her and Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown.