The Triad Black Lives Matter Collection was selected to receive the 2023 Voices of a City Local History Award, an award presented by Greensboro History Museum, Inc. for important contributions to local history by individuals or groups. The purpose of the Triad Black Lives Matter Collection is to document the BLM movement, police brutality protests, and race relations in the…
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VIRGINIA TUCKER & OTHER “HUMAN COMPUTERS” HONORED
A new historical marker honoring North Carolinians who worked as “human computers” for NASA was unveiled outside of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh on Friday, September 22. As part of the unveiling ceremony, UNC Greensboro University Archivist Erin Lawrimore shared information about Virginia Tucker, a 1930 graduate of the North Carolina…
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES OBSERVES BANNED BOOKS WEEK
Banned Books Week is an important annual observance highlighting the problem of censorship in libraries across the United States. This year Banned Books Week is October 1-7, and the University Libraries hosted a table in Jackson Library on Monday, October 2, where students could stop and share their favorite banned book. Librarians and Graduate Student…
WVHP Annual Luncheon
On Friday, November 11, 2023, the UNC Greensboro Women Veterans Historical Project (WVHP) will host its annual luncheon featuring keynote speaker Ingrid Ruffin, U.S. Air Force veteran and UNCG alumna, discussing “The Creative Power of War & Conflict”. The event will be held at the UNCG Alumni House. Doors open at 11:30 and the program…
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY 2023!
National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is celebrated each year on the third Tuesday of September. First organized in 2012, NVRD is the nation’s largest, nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating our democracy by registering to vote as many eligible Americans as possible. Since that first 2012 celebration, the holiday has helped more than 5 million Americans…
