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History Notes

History Notes

By: Greensboro History Museum
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 Listen in for conversations about the history of the Gate City and beyond. Museum staff talk to historians about events that shaped life in our city -- and to Greensboro’s own history makers.

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Greensboro History Museum Inc. Social Sciences
Episodes
  • The Story of a Holocausts Survivor Part 2

    The Story of a Holocausts Survivor Part 2
    Jan 26 2023
    Part 2 continues the story of Holocaust survivor Shelley Weiner. We also hear from community and activist Victoria Milstein. Victoria is spearheading the development of "She Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots" a monument coming to LeBauer Park in Downtown Greensboro. Victoria and others connect the shared history of African American, and other marginalized, undervalued, and underrepresented people who have come together to fight for a more equitable city.

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    40 mins
  • The Story of a Holocausts Survivor Part 1

    The Story of a Holocausts Survivor Part 1
    Jan 26 2023
    This episode looks at Greensboro's connection to the Holocaust through the story of Greensboro resident and Holocaust Survivor Shelley Weiner. Weiner discusses her family's escape from Nazi forces in Poland, in what is now Rivne, Ukraine. Holocaust scholars and descendants recount the stories and explain how their families were affected by the Holocaust. Host Rodney Dawson also discusses a monument honoring the Women of the Shoah, "She Wouldn't Take Off Her Boots," to be dedicated in Greensboro in spring 2023.

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    32 mins
  • Wilmington on Fire

    Wilmington on Fire
    Nov 10 2022
    On November 10, 1898, white supremacists burned the offices of the Black-owned newspaper The Daily Record, murdered an unknown number of African Americans and overthrew the city government. Host Rodney Dawson talks to Chris Everett, director of the 2015 documentary film Wilmington on Fire, about how the Wilmington Coup and Massacre is remembered in the Port City. Historians LeRae Umfleet and Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore provide additional perspectives on the coup’s impact on North Carolina.

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    33 mins
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