African American History Archives

Feb 10, 2024
  • Patrick Cash

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...

Jun 19, 2023
  • John Dunning

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...

Jan 14, 2023
  • Fred Harrison

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...

Feb 24, 2022
  • Patrick Cash

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...

Feb 17, 2022
  • Nanette Hardson

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...

Nov 11, 2021
  • Nanette Hardson

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...

Feb 19, 2021
  • Nanette Hardson

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...

Jan 18, 2021
  • Patrick Cash

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....

Dec 02, 2020
  • Jennifer Daugherty

Social Justice Community Collection

As East Carolina University works to build an anti-racist environment, Joyner Library Special Collections seeks to document the marginalized voices in the community through a  Social Justice Community Collection. Our...

Aug 19, 2020
  • Ralph Scott

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...