African American History and Culture North Carolina African American History & Culture In addition to this page, we recommend you visit the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission's website for an in-depth look at African American history & culture in North Carolina. Learn More North Carolina is nationally renowned for its rich African American history. To help you explore that heritage we've gathered some of the best places to experience African American music, offer engaging on-site programming that highlights stories from Black history, and interpret four historic sites that emphasize the African American experience. DNCR events and programs can give you a broad picture of North Carolina's African American history or you can take a dive deep into a specific subject. There's so much to explore! Events and Programs Celebrate Black History Month 2022 with the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources! Stories We believe that celebrating & sharing African American history goes beyond the month of February. Black History Month Spotlight: Harriet Jacobs After nearly seven years hiding in a tiny garret above her grandmother’s home, Harriet Ann Jacobs took a step other slaves dared to dream in 1842; she secretly boarded a boat in Edenton, N.C., bound for Philadelphia, New York and, eventually, freedom. The young slave woman’s flight, and the events leading up to it, are documented in heart-wrenching detail in her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, self-published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent. A significant personal history by an African American woman, Harriet Jacobs’ story is as remarkable as the writer who tells it. During a time when it was unusual for slaves to read and write, self-publishing a first-hand account of slavery’s atrocities was extraordinary. That it was written by a woman, unprecedented. Experience the Magic of African American Music A guide to music sites, artists and traditions of eastern North Carolina, our African American Music Trails project is a celebration of jazz, rhythm and blues, funk, gospel, blues, church music, rap, marching bands and the musicians and places in eastern North Carolina where music has been a part of family, church and community life for generations. Find Authentic North Carolina in the African American Music of the East Telling the African American Story Through Historic Places Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum Sedalia, N.C. Step back in time on the campus of the Palmer Memorial Institute, a pioneering experiment in African American education. Historic Edenton Edenton, N.C. Walk in the footsteps of an enslaved woman and abolitionist Harriet Jacobs and explore the town where she hid after her escape. Historic Stagville Durham, N.C. Historic Stagville is a state historic site that includes the remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. Somerset Place Creswell, N.C. Somerset Place offers a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. North Carolina African American Heritage Sites
African American History and Culture North Carolina African American History & Culture In addition to this page, we recommend you visit the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission's website for an in-depth look at African American history & culture in North Carolina. Learn More North Carolina is nationally renowned for its rich African American history. To help you explore that heritage we've gathered some of the best places to experience African American music, offer engaging on-site programming that highlights stories from Black history, and interpret four historic sites that emphasize the African American experience. DNCR events and programs can give you a broad picture of North Carolina's African American history or you can take a dive deep into a specific subject. There's so much to explore! Events and Programs Celebrate Black History Month 2022 with the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources! Stories We believe that celebrating & sharing African American history goes beyond the month of February. Black History Month Spotlight: Harriet Jacobs After nearly seven years hiding in a tiny garret above her grandmother’s home, Harriet Ann Jacobs took a step other slaves dared to dream in 1842; she secretly boarded a boat in Edenton, N.C., bound for Philadelphia, New York and, eventually, freedom. The young slave woman’s flight, and the events leading up to it, are documented in heart-wrenching detail in her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, self-published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent. A significant personal history by an African American woman, Harriet Jacobs’ story is as remarkable as the writer who tells it. During a time when it was unusual for slaves to read and write, self-publishing a first-hand account of slavery’s atrocities was extraordinary. That it was written by a woman, unprecedented. Experience the Magic of African American Music A guide to music sites, artists and traditions of eastern North Carolina, our African American Music Trails project is a celebration of jazz, rhythm and blues, funk, gospel, blues, church music, rap, marching bands and the musicians and places in eastern North Carolina where music has been a part of family, church and community life for generations. Find Authentic North Carolina in the African American Music of the East Telling the African American Story Through Historic Places Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum Sedalia, N.C. Step back in time on the campus of the Palmer Memorial Institute, a pioneering experiment in African American education. Historic Edenton Edenton, N.C. Walk in the footsteps of an enslaved woman and abolitionist Harriet Jacobs and explore the town where she hid after her escape. Historic Stagville Durham, N.C. Historic Stagville is a state historic site that includes the remnants of one of the largest plantations in North Carolina. Somerset Place Creswell, N.C. Somerset Place offers a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. North Carolina African American Heritage Sites
