Topics Related to African American History

Jazz Drummer Max Roach, N.C. Native

On January 10, 1924, popular jazz drummer Max Roach was born in Pasquotank County. Shortly after moving to New York City with his family in 1928, Roach began to study piano with his aunt.

Pioneering Black Physician, James F. Shober of Wilmington

Dr. James Francis Shober of Wilmington, North Carolina

Parker Robbins, U.S. Colored Troops Officer, Lawmaker and Inventor image from N.C. Museum of History.

On January 1, 1864, Parker Robbins of Bertie County, a free person of color of mixed African and Native American descent, enlisted in the 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Monroe, Va.