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Month: September 2021

Harlem, 1940: Dancing at the Renaissance

September 28, 2021 / David Cecelski / 1 Comment

In the spring of 1940, the Sons and Daughters of North Carolina held its annual dance at the Renaissance Casino, one of Harlem's most famous ballrooms.

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Worcester, Mass., 1888: The Sons and Daughters of North Carolina (Part 3)

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 / David Cecelski / 6 Comments

While doing research on her family’s history, Yvette Porter Moore discovered that her ancestors had organized a chapter of the Sons and Daughters of North Carolina in Worcester, Mass., in the fall of 1888.

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The Sons and Daughters of North Carolina II

September 20, 2021September 21, 2021 / David Cecelski / 3 Comments

The second time that the Sons and Daughters of North Carolina made national headlines was the 1st of December, 1898, when they gathered at Association Hall in Brooklyn, N.Y., to protest the Wilmington, N.C., massacre and coup d’etat of 1898.

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The Sons and Daughters of North Carolina

September 19, 2021September 22, 2021 / David Cecelski / 10 Comments

The first time that the Sons and Daughters of North Carolina attracted national attention was a winter night in Brooklyn, New York, in 1897. Composed of African American migrants who had left North Carolina, the group was holding a memorial service in honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

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The Whitehurst Fishery: A Down East Community on Lake Erie

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 / David Cecelski / 4 Comments

A little more than a century ago, a group of seagoing people from the “Down East” part of Carteret County, N.C., settled on the shores of Lake Erie and began commercial fishing.

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