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New Bern's African American Heritage Trail is unique, 'heads above' other cities in region

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

Charlie Hall, Journalist, NBSJ

Jun 18, 20214 min read

SANKOFA - June 2021 Musical Review

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

African American Heritage & Culture Center

Jun 2, 20211 min read

AAHC Art Installation

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

African American Heritage & Culture Center

Apr 9, 20212 min read

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...

Charlie Hall, Journalist, NBSJ

Apr 1, 20214 min read

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...

Claudia Houston

Apr 1, 20213 min read

The 1922 Great Fire of New Bern

Originally published in New Bern magazine during December 2017, the story by Claudia Houston was republished by the New Bern Sun Journal...

Claudia Houston

Feb 25, 20213 min read

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...

Ben Watford

Feb 25, 20214 min read

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AAHC highlights New Bern's Civil Rights heroes: Local Black History to be highlighted with Civil Rights trail markers

Rosanne Wilson

Feb 2, 20243 min read

AAHC Board of Directors: 2023 Officers and New Members

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Jan 20, 20232 min read

The Legacy of St. Joseph's Church and School of New Bern

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Dec 13, 20223 min read

Greensboro Day School Students Visit Historic New Bern

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Jun 14, 20223 min read

Two Community Leaders Join the African American Heritage and Culture Center

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Jun 6, 20222 min read

New Bern's Black History comes alive in new book series

Todd Wetherington, New Bern Sun Journal

Mar 16, 20224 min read

Four year later: African American Heritage and Culture Center works for progress

Todd Wetherington, New Bern Sun Journal

Mar 16, 20224 min read

AAHC 2022 Officers & Directors

thecenterofnewbern

Mar 16, 20222 min read

They have got hold of the Bible

David Cecelski

Mar 16, 20223 min read

2021 Kwanza Celebration

African American Heritage & Culture Center

Dec 24, 20210 min read

Five Points in New Bern has rich African American heritage and artwork

Charlie Hall, Journalist, NBSJ

Dec 23, 20212 min read

Abraham Galloway Podcast

African American Heritage & Culture Center

Nov 17, 20211 min read

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New Bern's African American Heritage Trail is unique, 'heads above' other cities in region

SANKOFA - June 2021 Musical Review

AAHC Art Installation

Lee Hood's Mural is an Historical Look at Five Points in New Bern

Mrs. Ernestine Simmons Pritchett New Bern's FIRST Woman Postal Worker

The 1922 Great Fire of New Bern

The Crockett-Miller Slave Quarters

AAHC highlights New Bern's Civil Rights heroes: Local Black History to be highlighted with Civil Rights trail markers

AAHC Board of Directors: 2023 Officers and New Members

The Legacy of St. Joseph's Church and School of New Bern

Greensboro Day School Students Visit Historic New Bern

Two Community Leaders Join the African American Heritage and Culture Center

New Bern's Black History comes alive in new book series

Four year later: African American Heritage and Culture Center works for progress

AAHC 2022 Officers & Directors

They have got hold of the Bible

2021 Kwanza Celebration

Five Points in New Bern has rich African American heritage and artwork

Abraham Galloway Podcast

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