Harriet Jacobs: A Voice for the Enslaved
With the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, we are reminded of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in the United States. Though the proclamation went into effect in 1863, roughly...
African American History Archives
Carl Long: Baseball Player, Law Enforcement Officer, Bus Driver, Barrier Breaker
Collection: Carl Long Oral History Interview (#OH0266), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA In celebration of Black History Month, Special Collections...
Mathias Embry Correspondence
June 20th marks the 160th anniversary of Private John Posey’s enlistment as a Black solider in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company D fighting in the Civil War. Posey was...
First Brick School for African Americans in North Carolina
Originally referred to as the “ Red Schoolhouse”, New Bern’s first public school for African Americans was established in the early 1870s. When fire destroyed the initial wood-framed building in...
Staff Pick: Charles E. Davis Oral History
Staff Person: Patrick Cash Collection: Oral History Collection: Charles E.Davis Oral History, University Archives #UA95-20 In celebration of Black History Month, Special Collections at East Carolina University will be doing...
Black History Month: Celebrating Matthew T. Lewis
The Special Collections at East Carolina University recognizes the importance of acknowledging and highlighting the contributions of African Americans throughout the year. In celebration of Black History Month, we will...
Women Served as Nurses during World War I
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Sarah Bunn Collection, #1277 Nurses cape from World War I On Veterans’ Day, it’s important to recognize the many women who broke barriers serving...
Alex L. Manly (1866-1944)
Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Alex L. Manly Papers 1898-1903, 1953-1984, Manuscript Collection #65 Alexander Lightfoot Manly was born on May 13, 1866, near Raleigh, North Carolina. He was...
ECU Honors The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963. The tragic death of the Reverend Dr....
Staff Pick: Pitt County Citizens Lined Up to Vote
Staff Person: Ralph Scott Collection: Daily Reflector Negative Collection ECU Manuscript Collection #0741-b26-fe-v26.e.3 August 18th is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States...