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African American Heritage & Culture Center
- Apr 9, 2021
- 2 min
AAHC Art Installation
Edna Stewart's "Chesapeake Bay Shad Fishers & Catch" Installed at Godwin Library/Craven Community College The African American Heritage &...
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Charlie Hall, Journalist, NBSJ
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
Lee Hood's Mural is an Historical Look at Five Points in New Bern
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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Claudia Houston
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Mrs. Ernestine Simmons Pritchett New Bern's FIRST Woman Postal Worker
Learn more about the First Women Postal Worker in New Bern in this story by Claudia Houston, Historian for the New Bern Historical...
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Ben Watford
- Feb 25, 2021
- 4 min
The Crockett-Miller Slave Quarters
This story was written by Ben A Watford, originally published in the New Bern Historical Society 2016 Annual Journal and republished in...
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Carol Bonner Becton
- Feb 13, 2021
- 9 min
Charlotte Rhone and The Rhone Sisters
Written by Carol Bonner Becton for the NB Historical Society Annual Journal in 2018, this story was republished by the New Bern Sun...
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African American Heritage & Culture Center
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Great Fire of 1922
Many ask about this event and how it impacted New Bern's residents and businesses. A quarter of the population was left homeless,...
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Jonathan Miller
- Jan 31, 2021
- 5 min
The first Masonic Lodge for African Americans in North Carolina - KING SOLOMON LODGE
Jonathan Miller captured the stories of King Solomon Lodge in this article originally published in the New Bern Historical Society 2017...
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Carol Bonner Becton
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
From "The Great Fire" in 1922 came GOOD SHEPARD HOSPITAL
Good Shephard Hospital opened in 1938 and Carol Bonner Becton tells its story. Originally published in the 2019 New Bern Historical...
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John Green III
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
COOKING FOR THE BABE
Nearly forgotten, this story is about Dave Sampson, a former slave who became a cook. The Morning New Bernian story of January 27 1932 is...
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Claudia Houston
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Who was Castillia Henry?
This profile of Castillia Henry by Claudia Houston was originally written for New Bern Magazine, November 2019. It was republished in...
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Brenda Carter George & Bernard George
- Jan 31, 2021
- 14 min
New Bern's ANDREWS CHAPEL: A Story of Race, Faith & Culture in 18th Century New Bern, No. Carolina
Originally published in the New Bern Historical Society's Annual Journal, this story was re-published in February 2020 by the New Bern...
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Gayle Albertini
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
“Castillia Henry”
Castillia’s unit was deployed to the front lines in France during August 1918 as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, which fought alo
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African American Heritage & Culture Center
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
Cooking For The Babe
He was born a slave yet he lived to become a valued companion of some of the greatest sports figures of the 20th century. His parents...
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