Tag Archives: Political History

Watergate: Political Scandal and the Presidency

May 9, 2013 – 10:15 am

The summer of 1973, Americans stayed glued to their televisions as one of the nation’s most serious political scandals, known as Watergate, began to unfold. Friday, May 17, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the first televised hearing of the Senate Select Committee that investigated President Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 campaign for re-election. May 17 [...]

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Before Brown, There Was Blue

December 28, 2012 – 10:38 am

Sixty-one years ago Durham parents won a lawsuit against the city’s school system over equal funding for black and white public schools. That case, Blue v. Durham, helped lead to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. Eddie Davis, former [...]

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Tarheel Political Analysts at the Museum of History

September 13, 2012 – 12:25 pm

As a key swing state, North Carolina has become a battleground in the presidential election. Opinions will fly as the Obama and Romney campaigns heat up in the Tar Heel State. What do well-known North Carolina political analysts think about how the battle is progressing? Find out when Rob Christensen, political columnist for Raleigh’s News [...]

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October Programs at the N.C. Museum of History

September 10, 2012 – 12:58 pm

National attention is focused on North Carolina, a battleground state in the presidential election. Well-known Tar Heel political analysts will share their opinions on the election during the Oct. 4 program North Carolina: Battleground State at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. October also kicks off Southern Style, a three-part lecture series on [...]

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Journalist Rob Christensen Discusses Tar Heel Politics

February 16, 2009 – 4:42 pm

During his 34 years at Raleigh’s News and Observer, Rob Christensen has covered the contradictions and challenges of Tar Heel politics. North Carolina’s history points to a vibrant, competitive and intensely divided political past. Christensen navigates this political history in his book, The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics: The Personalities, Elections and Events That Shaped [...]

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