by Barbara Lemos | Feb 26, 2021 | Lifelong Learners
History, it has been said, is written by the winners. What happens, though, when there are no real winners? That was the case for the 1898 Wilmington North Carolina uprising or coup or race riot or massacre… depending on who was relaying the history. This week, Liz...
by Patricia Langer | Feb 25, 2021 | Events, Lifelong Learners
Rosa Parks was not the first black woman who refused to move to the back of the bus. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin (in photo, above) did the same thing nine months earlier, but her family feared she was too young to become the public face of such a racially...
by Carolyn Bowers | Feb 18, 2021 | Events
All those “Zooming in” this week to author Judy Dearlove’s reading from her novel Play On! were inspired, educated, and totally entertained. In this online Meet the Author event sponsored by FOLSOI and presented by Barbee Library, Judy started her talk by reading...
by Barbara Lemos | Feb 17, 2021 | Events
For more than 150 years, Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HCBUs) in North Carolina have enabled African Americans in the Southport Area to unlock previously unimagined career possibilities. In fact, thousands of HBCU graduates in North Carolina and beyond...
by Patricia Langer | Feb 15, 2021 | Events
(Third in a series of articles celebrating Black History Month in our area.) Do you like stories of adventure and courage? Of adversity and achievement? Of painful truths and unshakeable hope? Here’s a starter list of amazing books to satisfy those desires and help...
