Stories tagged: "History"

Video In the latest "Billy Ball Explains NC," we take a look at Jockey's Ridge, and how a local woman literally stopped a bulldozer to save it. (Shutterstock)
Video The Woman Who Stopped a Bulldozer to Save Jockey’s Ridge

In the latest "Billy Ball Explains NC," we take a look at Jockey's Ridge and the conservationists who saved this Outer Banks treasure. 

Staff Reports Staff Reports September 25, 2023 11:29 am EDT
Education The guard tower and railroad tracks at Auschwitz II - Birkenau. Photo Credit: Dylan Rhoney
Education Teaching About the Holocaust Is Now Required in NC Public Schools

A 2021 law in North Carolina aims to make sure we don't forget one of the most terrible moments in history. 

Dylan Rhoney Dylan Rhoney August 30, 2023 3:36 pm EDT
community One of the Outer Banks' deepest mysteries is the disappearance of the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke in what is now NC. (Shutterstock)
community NC Lost Colony Play is Looking for Their Next Virginia Dare Baby

Baby casting call! The award-winning historical play, “The Lost Colony," is back in Manteo for the summer and they need their Virginia Dare! 

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell July 20, 2023 1:43 pm EDT
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Culture ‘Never Again’: 78 Years After World War II, A NC Descendant of Holocaust Survivors Speaks

Wake Forest’s Shelly Bleiweiss tells his parents’ harrowing story, and explains why it’s important to stand up to bigotry. 

Dylan Rhoney Dylan Rhoney May 8, 2023 8:09 pm EDT
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Culture Fascinating Facts about NC’s Most Populated Cities: Krispy Kreme, The Carolina Gold Rush, and a Haunted Bridge

Some of these cities are technically older than the state of North Carolina and others are just barely over 100 years old.

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell May 5, 2023 2:15 pm EDT

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NC college students met with President Biden this week to call for gun reforms. (Image via Sen. Natalie Murdock's Twitter) community Good News Friday: NC Students Talk Gun Reform with President Biden
In the latest episode of "Leah Tries," C&P's Leah Sherrell visits a Chilean-inspired food truck in the Triad. (Image via screenshot) Video ‘I Demolished It’: Taste-Testing A Chilean Food Truck in the Triad
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has called abortion “murder,” compared the procedure to slavery, and said that he would support a total abortion ban in North Carolina, without any exceptions. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) Abortion Here’s a Look at Mark Robinson’s Long Anti-Abortion Record
Irvin Casarrubias prepares to perform as part of the Danza Guerreros de Quetzalcoatl de Durham at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina on September 24, 2023. The intergenerational group celebrates traditional Aztec dance and helps to preserve Mexican culture as its members put down roots in the communities they now call home. Casarubbias, now 18, has been dancing since we was five-years-old. community PHOTOS: Traditional Aztec Dancers Put On a Show in Wilmington
Culture The Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, N.C., is one of our picks for spots to learn our state's history. (Shutterstock)
Culture Ocean Graveyards, the Cherokee, and the Sit-Ins: 10 Unique Places to Learn About NC History

A museum will give you the big picture. But if you want to go deeper, these highly-curated spots will help you see a more up-close history of our state. 

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell May 1, 2023 5:09 pm EDT
Culture Roof work on Reynolds Hall, a dormitory at the former Palmer Memorial Institute. Photo courtesy of Liz Melendez.
Culture The Work to Preserve a Historic Site of Black Excellence in North Carolina

The dormitories at the former Palmer Memorial Institute represent the main physical connection to the site's legacy. But they have long been in disrepair.

Emily Jaeger Emily Jaeger February 28, 2023 10:12 pm EST