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Abraham Galloway Podcast

Abraham Galloway, former slave, Union spy and military recruiter, militant abolitionist, advocate for Black suffrage, North Carolina...

Luke Martin, brick mason.

In January 2019 Alderman Barbara Best conducted a group interview for THIS WEEK AT CITY HALL entitled "Black History in New Bern". ...

"New Bern's new African American Heritage Trail has no equal in Eastern North Carolina and adapts visual arts needed for a modern...

The New Bern Civic Theatre and AAHC present SANKOFA: An African American Musical Review with song dance and spoken word. This original...

Edna Stewart's "Chesapeake Bay Shad Fishers & Catch" Installed at Godwin Library/Craven Community College The African American Heritage &...

The following article was written by reporter Charlie Hall and published March 30, 2021 in the New Bern Sun Journal with images by Norman...

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