On May 5, 2024 Henry Wiencek, author of The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White (1999), joined members of the large and extended Hairston clan: Dean Hairston, a…
Editor Update, August 2023: The original title for this post was "Uncovering New Bern's Bloodless Coup of 1898" -- and the word "bloodless" has now been removed, after careful consideration…
-- By Lee Guion I stood looking at an old postcard of a rectangular two-story brick building with a chimney and peaked roof. Faded lettering identifies it as the first…