Connecting People with our Black Heritage Sites
Experience the sites and explore the stories that celebrate the contributions of African Americans and their significance in the cultural heritage of Northeast North Carolina.
Inspiring exploration and appreciation for the African American Experience...
The African American Experience of NENC (AAENENC) celebrates the contributions of African Americans and encourages a deeper understanding of the significance of the region’s cultural heritage in order to build more inclusive communities.
This project is a collaborative project between nine NC counties that include:
“I Want to Walk Down That Aisle and Into That Choir Box and Sing One More Time.” An Interview with Sadie Riddick, Chair of the Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church Restoration Project
By Amy Beth Wright The Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church, at the heart of the Edenton, North Carolina community since the turn of the century, has urgently needed restoration since September
‘It’s So Peaceful Out There’: An Interview with Dismal Swamp State Park Ranger Katie Sanford
“Defiant people entirely undermined and left the racist and brutal modern world. They created a social and economic world of their own. This was the civil rights, occupy, and labor
Mapping Spaces of Freedom: An Interview with Elizabeth City Scholar and Public Historian Dr. Melissa Stuckey
“My research, work, and scholarship are about how African Americans create community—how they use institutions to get autonomy and self-definition and self-manifestation to create spaces of freedom.” —Dr. Melissa N.
Annita Thomas interviews local historian Darrell Collins about Richard Etheridge
Annita Thomas interviews local historian Darrell Collins about Richard Etheridge, the Pea Island Lifesaving Station, the Pea Island Cookhouse, the Coast Guard service, shipwrecks and other stories of note. Annita
“I Want to Walk Down That Aisle and Into That Choir Box and Sing One More Time.” An Interview with Sadie Riddick, Chair of the Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church Restoration Project
By Amy Beth Wright The Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church, at the heart of the Edenton, North Carolina community since the turn of the century, has urgently needed restoration since September
‘It’s So Peaceful Out There’: An Interview with Dismal Swamp State Park Ranger Katie Sanford
“Defiant people entirely undermined and left the racist and brutal modern world. They created a social and economic world of their own. This was the civil rights, occupy, and labor