The museum in North Carolina’s state capital occupies the ground floor of the city’s first high-rise building. There’s a lot on black history such as black businesses of the 19th century, how the oldest black university—Shaw University—was founded by Dr. Tupper in 1870, and racial exclusion in American politics.
There was a special exhibition on the 100th anniversary of the proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment, a law that would grant all citizens equal rights regardless of sex. North Carolina is one of 22 states that still have not ratified it.
The museum is located on the same block as the former Woolworth’s lunch corner where four black students sat in a whites-only section to protest segregation in businesses. Within two weeks, a sit-in movement resulted in 43 arrested and the restaurant to remove its stools.
There’s a bit about local breweries and vineyards, but black history is so much more important.
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