• Limits of Freedom Exhibit

    Gerald James Library 315 Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth

     Limits of Freedom, a traveling  exhibit developed by UNC Greensboro Department of History, will be on display in the James Library from March 16 through April 3. Limits of Freedom explores the lives of enslaved and free African Americans in Guilford and Rockingham Counties from the colonial period through emancipation. Their experiences, from service in the Revolutionary War […]

  • Thomas Day Presentation

    Gerald James Library 315 Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth

    A representative from the Thomas Day State Historic Site, Madison Gibbs, will speak on the history of Thomas Day, a free Black cabinetmaker famous in the mid-19th Century. This presentation will also include information on other free people of color who lived and worked in North Carolina during the mid-19th Century. This Black History Month  […]

  • September 11 Remembrance

    Gerald James Library 315 Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth

    Join RCC in remembering September 11. History Faculty Deirdre Kearney will be speaking. Event will be held at the flagpole in front of the Gerald James Library. The public is invited.

  • NC Authors Speak

    Gerald James Library 315 Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth

    Join us at RCC's James Library for a session of our NC Authors Speak series, with Scott Blackburn, author of It Dies with You. The book was chosen as a summer read by Garden and Gun Magazine, and is a finalist for the Crook's Corner Book Prize. Event is free and open to the public.

  • Black History Month Presentation

    Gerald James Library 315 Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth

    As we celebrate Black History Month in February, join RCC History faculty Deirdre Kearney for an enlightening presentation on the African Burial Grounds in New York City. This event is open to the public.