JAMES CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Honoring the first African American community of formerly enslaved people in North Carolina.
JAMES CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Honoring the first African American community of formerly enslaved people in North Carolina.
RESOURCES
North Carolina Museum of History - This is a recording of a live event held in the NC Museum of History's Story of North Carolina exhibit on February 15, 2017. Michelle Lanier, Director of the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission and Earl Ijames, curator at the museum, join educator Sally Bloom in this program geared for students in grades 3-8.
A selection of recorded oral history interviews chronicling African-American life during the age of legal segregation in the American South, from the 1890s to the 1950s.
The four interviews linked to below are from James City residents.
James City Oral Interviews from Behind the Veil collection at the John Hope Franklin Research Center at Duke University.
Forward Together Coalition
A local coalition of organizations, nonprofits, and individuals working
together to complete projects related to the Equal Justice Initiative.
Equal Justice Initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic
human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.EJI- The Legacy Sites
