Professor Ray Gavins discusses a landmark publication of the early Civil Rights Movement, published in 1942, that would become known as "The Durham Manifesto."

Dr. Brenda Scott, guest curator and photographer, discusses her work and her photographs documenting Stagville Historic Site near Durham, NC.

Michele Gillespie and her co-editor Sally McMillen of Davidson College have finished the first book in a two-volume set examining important North Carolina women. It's part of an effort to address the scarcity of women in traditional history texts.

An interview with Kenneth R. Janken about the book "What the Negro Wants," the first united call by African Americans to end segregation in America. Janken discusses the book’s history, its contents and immediate impact, and its lasting significance.

Historian and author Mark Bradley discusses "Bluecoats and Tar Heels: Soldiers and Civilians in Reconstruction North Carolina," his book that examines the interactions between Union soldiers and North Carolina civilians and the challenges that faced residents under Union occupation from 1865 to 1877.

Historian Charles Holden discusses "The New Southern University: Academic Freedom and Liberalism at UNC," his book about how changes at UNC–Chapel Hill during the 1920s, '30s, and '40s transformed UNC into one of the South’s premiere universities and fostered a progressive and liberal orientation within a conservative region.

During the Civil War, music accompanied soldiers almost everywhere they went. Regardless of race or ethnicity, it affected both soldiers and civilians. Historian Christian McWhirter discusses the impact of music in the war. He also explains how printed sheet music led to the birth of the modern American music industry.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Senate Select Committee hearings that investigated President Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign, Watergate historian Stanley Kutler discusses the lasting historical and political significance of America’s most noted and studied political scandal.

Historian Susan Burch discusses her 2007 book (which she coauthored with Hannah Joyner) about a deaf African American man, who was unjustly labeled as insane and confined to an asylum in Goldsboro, NC, for nearly 70 years.

Robert Rice Reynolds was a colorful and suave Senator who represented North Carolina from 1933 to 1945 before his controversial ideas and dramatic lifestyle made him unpopular with voters. Dr. Julian M. Pleasants, professor of history emeritus University of Florida, is the author of "Buncombe Bob: The Life and Times of Robert Rice Reynolds." Dr. Pleasants discusses Reynolds political rise and fall and examines his controversial ideologies.

Bruce Bustard, senior exhibits curator, at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., discusses the history of the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln’s gradual evolution of thought about issuing the Proclamation, and the pursuit of a 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.

Terry Boone, an exhibits conservator at the National Archives and Records Administration, discusses methods used by curators, conservators, and research scientists to preserve irreplaceable records and artifacts such as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Dr. Vann Newkirk discusses his book Lynching in North Carolina: A History, 1865–1941, and the impact of lynching and mob violence in North Carolina from just after the Civil War to the mid-1900s.

A pdf of the Allyn Cox mural on the south wall of the Grand Lodge in Raleigh. One of two image files complementing the Freemasonry In North Carolina podcast.

A pdf of the Allyn Cox mural on the south wall of the Grand Lodge in Raleigh. One of two image files complementing the Freemasonry In North Carolina podcast.

An interview with Michael Brantley, Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of North Carolina. Brantley discusses Freemasonry in the Tar Heel State and describes two large murals by artist Allyn Cox in the Grand Lodge that depict key events and figures in its history.

Former head of Universal Studios makeup and hair department, James Tumblin owns the largest private collection of memorabilia associated with the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind." He discusses his collection and tells the stories behind several objects on display in the museum's new exhibit, "Real to Reel: The Making of Gone with the Wind."

The museum’s new outdoor exhibit, "History of the Harvest," features plants and crops that examine the past, present, and future of agriculture both locally and globally.

An interview with Patricia C. Click, professor emeritus in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia. Professor Click discusses her research examining a second “Lost Colony” on Roanoke Island that occurred during, and shortly after, the American Civil War.

The State Library of North Carolina provides a large variety of vital services to citizens throughout the state. Find out more about the State Library’s past, present, and future in this interview with Cal Shepard, North Carolina's State Librarian.

Most Americans don’t remember much about the War of 1812 from their school days; yet the conflict proved to be important in many ways and helped forge American identity.

Historian and musician Gregg Kimball, guitarist and singer Sheryl Warner, and singer Jackie Frost discuss the history of mill songs and perform selected songs by North Carolina mill workers.

Sheila Kay Adams talks about performing and preserving the songs that have been handed down through her family since the mid-1700s.

Professor Lissa Broome talks about the past, present, and future of banking in North Carolina and discusses why banking has remained an important industry both economically and politically.