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Road ScholarsThe North Carolina Humanities Council has been offering speakers, free of charge, to public audiencessince 1990. Road Scholar speakers provide stimulating and fascinating programs to cities, towns, and rural communitiesacross the state.This year’s new catalog features more than 50 speakers whose lectures focus on issues of history, literature, philosophy,ethics, religious studies, linguistics, jurisprudence, history and criticism of the arts, sociology, and certain aspects of socialscience. (Additional speakers are also listed on the Council website.) These speakers explore North Carolina in a multitude ofways: rural farm life, regional folklore, the dynamics of ethnic populations throughout the state, and the history of local traditions,to name a few. Others discuss the legacies of historical events such as the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898, the HarlemRenaissance, and the Holocaust.ALAMANCE COUNTYAlamance Community College,GrahamFabric of Hope andResistance$700Elon University, ElonDemocratic Reconstructionsof Religions and WorldPeace$2350ALLEGHANY COUNTYAlleghany County Library,SpartaSuper Scenic Motorway$1090ASHE COUNTYFriends of the Ashe CountyPublic Library, West JeffersonStill Cookin’$650Friends of the Ashe CountyPublic Library, West JeffersonWe Have Stories$650BEAUFORT COUNTYHistoric Bath, BathWar Zone$650Historic Bath, BathEntering a White Profession$300BRUNSWICK COUNTYLeland Library, LelandLost Light$810Harper Library, SouthportHow Shipwrecks Shapedthe Destiny of the OuterBanks$895BUNCOMBE COUNTYPack Memorial Library,AshevilleWitness to the Holocaust$320Skyland/S. Buncombe Library,AshevilleAudacious and Fantastic$775CASWELL COUNTYCaswell County HistoricalAssociation, YanceyvilleTrading Paths and theContact Era in NC$765CATAWBA COUNTYSouthwest Branch Library,HickorySincere Forms of Flattery$600Patrick Beaver MemorialLibrary, HickoryFannin’ the Heat Away$1114Catawba County PublicLibrary, NewtonCreating the Blue RidgeParkway$750CHEROKEE COUNTYChatauqua AVE, AndrewsCherokee Removal$285Chatauqua AVE, AndrewsLong Legacies$530CHOWAN COUNTYShepard-Pruden PublicLibrary, EdentonDiscovering Elvis$424CRAVEN COUNTYTryon Palace, New BernHarlem Renaissance$1150CURRITUCK COUNTYCorolla Friends of the Library,CorollaAmerican Popular Music$430Currituck County PublicLibrary, BarcoAmerican Popular Music$400Corolla Friends of the Library,CorollaLost Light$820Currituck County PublicLibrary, BarcoLost Light$875Corolla Friends of the Library,CorollaGermany’s U-85$690Currituck County PublicLibrary, BarcoGermany’s U-85$503DARE COUNTYGraveyard of the AtlanticMuseum, HatterasGermany’s U-85$1450Outer Banks History Center,ManteoVirginia Dare in Fact andFancy$650DAVIE COUNTYDavidson County CommunityCollege, MocksvilleTrading Paths and theContact Era in NC$1500Davie County Senior Services,MocksvilleStill Cookin’$925DURHAM COUNTYOsher Lifelong Learning,DurhamNC Way: Civil Rights andWrongs in the 20th Century$125Durham Parks & Recreation,DurhamKwanzaa$1020Durham Tech CommunityCollege, DurhamCulture and PersonalExperience Inform aWriter’s Work$1250Osher Lifelong Learning,DurhamSincere Forms of Flattery$525Osher Lifelong Learning,DurhamWhat Happened to theLost Colony$525FORSYTH COUNTYWinston Salem Writers,Winston-SalemVirginia Dare in Fact andFancy$700FRANKLIN COUNTYLouisburg College, LouisburgCulture and PersonalExperience Inform a Writer’sWork$410GASTON COUNTYGaston County Public Library,GastoniaVirginia Dare in Fact andFancy$1275Gaston County Public LibraryGastoniaThe Heart Has Reasons$510GUILFORD COUNTYCentenary United MethodistChurch, GreensboroNC Alive$325Senior Resources of GuilfordCounty, GreensboroAppalachian Story Quilt$325First Presbyterian Church,GreensboroLost Light$1178Greensboro Power Squadron,GreensboroLife Along the Waterways$725Guilford Park PresbyterianChurch, GreensboroIslam: History, Traditions,Practices$200Greensboro Power Squadron,GreensboroBlackbeard$250First Presbyterian Church,GreensboroNC Alive$1003Senior Resources of GuilfordCounty, GreensboroAppalachian Story Quilt$300Senior Resources of GuilfordCounty, GreensboroAppalachian Story Quilt$275HARNETT COUNTYCampbell University Dept.of Government, Buies CreekSouthern Writing asHistorical Perspective$1625Campbell University Dept.of Government, Buies CreekHard Times, Mill Workers$1073HENDERSON COUNTYBlue Ridge CommunityCollege, HendersonvilleDiscover the Gilded Age$305Blue Ridge CommunityCollege, HendersonvilleAudacious and Fantastic$560Henderson County PublicLibrary, HendersonvilleBallad Novels of SharynMcCrumb$925Blue Ridge CommunityCollege, HendersonvilleCarolina Mountains: Writersand Travelers$350Blue Ridge CommunityCollege, HendersonvilleA Confluence of RemarkableWomen$300Blue Ridge CommunityCollege, HendersonvilleCherokee CeremonialPractices in the 1800s$425Blue Ridge CommunityCollege, HendersonvilleArchaeology of the SouthernAppalachians$400National League of AmericanPen Women, HendersonvilleRich & Fertile Mystery$560IREDELL COUNTYMitchell Community College,StatesvilleWitness to the Holocaust$625Mitchell Community College,StatesvilleBreaking the Silence& Healing the Soul$835Mitchell Community College,StatesvilleBuilding CommunityThrough Writing$91524 • North Carolina Humanities Council
JACKSON COUNTYNorton/Cashiers HomemakersClub, Cashiers & NortonRole of the Chestnut inAppalachian Life$430LEE COUNTYSanford Literary Club, SanfordJohn Charles McNeill$1425MECKLENBURGCOUNTYBeatties Ford Road Library,CharlotteKwanzaa$1150Freedom Regional Library,CharlotteKwanzaa$1150Charlotte Folk Society,CharlotteJane Hicks Gentry$1200Levine Sklut Judaic Library,CharlotteThe Heart Has Reasons$950MITCHELL COUNTYMayfield Community CollegeLifelong Learning,Spruce PineFrederick Law Olmsted$650Mayfield Community CollegeLifelong Learning,Spruce PineSuper Scenic Motorway$1000MOORE COUNTYWalter Hines Page Book Club,Southern PinesVirginia Dare in Fact andFancy$630Southern Pines Public Library,Southern PinesLong Legacies$722Sandhills Community College,PinehurstJohn Charles McNeill$1550Center for CreativeRetirement,Sandhills Community College,PinehurstBlackbeard$425Arts Council of Moore County,Southern PinesLiterary Chagall$875Sandhills Community College,PinehurstBlackbeard$525NASH COUNTYNC Wesleyan College,Rocky MountDemocratic Reconstructionof Religions and WorldPeace$585Rocky Mount Power Squadron,Rocky MountHow Shipwrecks Shapedthe Destiny of the OuterBanks$47520th Century Study Club,Rocky MountJohn Charles McNeill$1125Rocky Mount Kiwanis,Rocky MountLife Along the Waterways$1125Rocky Mount Power Squadron,Rocky MountBlackbeard$350ONSLOW COUNTYOnslow County Public Library,JacksonvilleWar Zone$765ORANGE COUNTYCarol Woods RetirementCenter, Chapel HillBlackbeard$825UNC Alumni Association,Chapel HillJohn Charles McNeill$1525UNC Curriculum in Folklore,Chapel HillOrville Hicks: Mule EggSeller$1223Carol Woods RetirementCenter, Chapel HillSleeping Single in a DoubleBed$625PASQUOTANK COUNTYElizabeth City State University,Elizabeth CityLandfall Expedition$150Museum of the Albemarle,Elizabeth CityGermany’s U-85$1545PENDER COUNTYHistorical Society of TopsailIsland, Topsail BeachLife Along the Waterways$284Pender County HistoricalSociety, BurgawFannin’ the Heat Away$690PERSON COUNTYResearch Club, RoxboroAmerican Women’s Humor$470PITT COUNTYUnitarian UniversalistCongregation, GreenvilleEntering a White Profession$542Eastern NC Associationof Black Social Workers,GreenvilleAfrican American Churchin Works by Ernest Gaines$1965East Carolina Univ. FolkloreArchive, GreenvilleOrville Hicks: Mule EggSeller$550Unitarian UniversalistCongregation, GreenvilleDouglas Freeman & theSouthern IntellectualCommunity$625RANDOLPH COUNTYHillsville History Club, TrinityTrading Paths and theContact Era in NC$693ROCKINGHAM COUNTYRockingham County HistoricalSociety, ReidsvilleEngland’s First Frontier$325SAMPSON COUNTYSampson County Hall of Fame,ClintonWe Have Stories$1742STOKES COUNTYWalnut Cove Senior Center,Walnut CoveFannin’ the Heat Away$825TYRELL COUNTYTyrrell County Public Library,ColumbiaSnakes in the Collards atthe Grocery Store$350WAKE COUNTYNC Museum of History,RaleighSincere Forms of Flattery$335Cameron Village Library,RaleighVirginia Dare in Fact andFancy$570Micajah Bullock ChapterNC DAR, RaleighTrading Paths and theContact Era in NC$550Raleigh-Wake ReadingAssociation, RaleighAppalachian Story Quilt$1450NC Museum of History,RaleighWhat Happened to theLost Colony$1640Holly Springs Branch Library,Holly SpringsCultural Writing Using Music& Visual Art in Poetry$585Holly Springs Branch Library,Holly SpringsBlackbeard$405WATAUGA COUNTYWatauga County Library,BooneLong Legacies$245Center for Judaic, Holocaust &Peace Studies, BooneChagall and the Bible$1012Appalachian State University,BooneMyths, Legends, and SacredPlaces of the Cherokee$566Center for Judaic, Holocaust &Peace Studies, BooneChagall Biblical Windows:St. Stephan’s Church$1112WAYNE COUNTYWayne County Public Library,GoldsboroStill Cookin’$1900Goldsboro Sail & PowerSquadron, GoldsboroBlackbeard$500Road Scholars CountiesMultiple Road Scholars in County25
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