Jones Lake State Park, North Carolina’s first to admit Black visitors, was a place guests could breathe freely, thanks to its first Black park superintendent.
Bloodsucking leeches, coffin-shaped tablets and a mechanical “lung” are among the more than 5,000 items on display at The Country Doctor Museum in Nash County.
Juneteenth is a day of joy and celebration because it recognizes an important moment in the fight to end slavery in America. There are numerous Juneteenth celebrations in NC to honor it. It took 900 days for President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to be enforced in Texas. That’s because, as the historian Ed Cotham explains, […]
