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...
Becky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, on how her upbringing— her father was a history teacher—helped her understand how the past is still impacting Americans today.
Markers and remnants of the Trail of Tears stretch across the American landscape. Here are the places that witnessed this infamous moment in U.S. history.
Most North Carolinians know the story of Sir Walter Raleigh — or if they don’t, they can most likely identify the namesake of the state capital. As for Dr. Bartlett Durham, the man for whom they named Raleigh’s younger sibling city, that story isn’t quite as familiar.
From deadly hurricanes to terrifying tornadoes, discover extreme weather events in North Carolina that were caught on tape (& watch the footage for yourself).