Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History
The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction will use local stories to tell “the truth with all its blemishes”—even if it upsets some people.
State historian to deliver lecture on Blacks’ role in Civil War
Darin J. Waters, deputy secretary of the N.C. Office of Archives and History and a well-known North Carolina historian, will deliver the Hari Jones Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. Monday at Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, 1217 Murchison Road.
N.C. History Center organizers say they face resistance in some minority communities
A lack of participation from the Black and Native American communities in planning for a Civil War history center sparked a discussion during a forum on the contents of its exhibits.
City Council agrees to $6.6 million in funding for proposed Civil War history center
Years after the request was first made, the Fayetteville City Council on Monday night gave organizers of a proposed Civil War history center what they wanted: $6.6 million. The council voted 9-0.
Groundbreaking held for Civil War history center
If you want to know what life in slavery was like, ask the slaves themselves. Historians have done just that. Spencer Crew, director emeritus of the National Museum of African American History …