Tag Archives: Civil Rights

Theater Company Highlights Civil Rights Event in Raleigh

March 17, 2009 – 3:31 pm

On a hot summer night in 1960, a historic meeting took place in Raleigh in the auditorium of Murphey Elementary School. The meeting sparked the capital city’s participation in the Civil Rights movement. Forty-nine years later, Burning Coal Theatre Company of Raleigh is producing a play, 1960, based on spoken-word interviews with the people who [...]

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Podcast Features Photo Exhibit, Civil Rights History

January 16, 2009 – 4:16 pm

The latest podcast from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources features an artist who is helping tell North Carolina’s story and takes a look at the state’s role in the civil rights movement.
The podcast starts with a chat between Fay Mitchell of Cultural Resources and North Carolina photographer Chris Sims, whose work is featured [...]

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N.C. Photo Stories / Civil Rights History

January 16, 2009 – 3:46 pm

 
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This edition of the NC Culture Dot Com Podcast starts with a chat with North Carolina photographer Chris Simms, who is featured in the “Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit.” The exhibit is on tour around the state through late 2009.
Next, Dr. Jeffrey Crow, deputy secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources for Archives and History is also [...]

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