N.C. History News and In-Depth Reporting

The Long Journey To Preserve Black History in Greensboro

Residents of the South Benbow Road Historic District during a 2024 community event. (Photo courtesy Eric Woodard)

An effort to commemorate a neighborhood steeped in Black history finally pays off.

Fayetteville Museum Aims to Right the Record on Civil War History

The Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway runs alongside Arsenal Park, where the ruins of the Fayetteville Arsenal rest. (Andrew Craft for The Assembly)

The N.C. History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction looks to tell “the truth with all its blemishes.”

Rev. Nelson Johnson: A Legacy Beyond Tragedy

Rev. Nelson Johnson points to a photo of himself checking on a fallen friend at his Faith Community Church in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Once called “the most dangerous man in Greensboro,” Nelson Johnson survived the Greensboro Massacre and inspired generations.

Revisiting the Greensboro Massacre 45 Years Later

Rev. Nelson Johnson and his wife, Joyce, stand beside a historical marker for the Greensboro Massacre in Greensboro in August 2017. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

“The relevance is not just timely but timeless,” says the author of a new book about the Greensboro Massacre.

In Junaluska, A Historic Church Gathers After the Storm

The Boone Mennonite Brethren Church has stood in Junaluska for 106 years. (Ryan Rudow for The Assembly)

This historically Black community just outside of Boone has weathered quite a bit over its 200 years.

Postmark Greensboro: A Historic Transit Hub Could Be Key to Downtown’s Next Chapter

This 1935 postcard shows off the Southern Railway Passenger Station (now the J. Douglas Galyon Depot) on E. Washington Street. When it was built in 1927, it was one of the East Coast's largest and most grand railway stations.

Greensboro’s Southern Railway Passenger Station was one of the grandest on the East Coast. Nearly 100 years later, it could play a pivotal role in the future.

Postmark Greensboro: A Tale of Two O. Henry Hotels

The original O. Henry Hotel, opened in 1919 at the corner of Bellemeade and N. Elm Streets in downtown Greensboro. By the time this card was sent in 1942, it was a city landmark.

Two landmark hotels in Greensboro took their name from the city’s greatest storyteller. Separated by decades, each carried on his romantic Bohemian legacy.

The Abandoned Pools of Columbus County

The shallow end at the now-closed swimming pool on Whiteville's Wedgewood Road. (Tracy Watts for The Assembly)

Columbus County no longer has any public and community swimming pools—a reflection of racism, rural decay, and lost opportunity.

Postmark Greensboro: UNCG, Then and Now

The Julius I. Foust Building seen from a postcard sent in 1912. The schools was known at that time as the State Normal and Industrial College.

Charles Duncan McIver founded what would become UNC-Greensboro in 1891, expanding access to higher education and changing the face of public education in North Carolina.