educational
documentary
media



HYDE TALK 
(Hyde County, NC)

FINE IN THE WORLD 
(Robeson County, NC)

INDIAN BY BIRTH
 (Robeson County, NC)

MOUNTAIN TALK
 (
Southern Appalachia)

OCRACOKE SPEAKS 
(Ocracoke, NC)

THE OCRACOKE BROGUE 
(Ocracoke, NC)

THE QUEEN FAMILY
 (
Southern Appalachia)

AN UNCLOUDED DAY 
(Southern Appalachia)


RESOURCES 

NC LANGUAGE & LIFE  PROJECT

 LINGUISTICS AT
 NC STATE

 

FREEDOM'S VOICE:
Celebrating the Black Experience on the Outer Banks

This multimedia exhibition chronicles the often overlooked contributions of African Americans to Outer Banks history and culture. Documentary film, oral histories, images, artifacts, and interactive displays help to portray the untold story of the Black experience on the Outer Banks from the time of settlement until the present.

At the Outer Banks History Center in Manteo, NC
from June 1, 2006 until February 28, 2007

Presented by the North Carolina Language and Life Project and the Outer Banks History Center

Download PDFs of the exhibit postcard:

[Front]

[Back]

View photos of the exhibit's opening reception held on June 1

[PDFs]

Made possible with generous support from:
North Carolina State University, the Outer Banks Community Foundation, the North Carolina Humanities Council and the Freedmen’s Colony Preservation Association.


(252)473-2655
obhc@ncmail.net