Press Releases

Moses Roper, Who Escaped Slavery and Toured Great Britain as an Abolitionist and Author, to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Hannah Crafts, Author of Earliest Known Novel Written by an African American Woman, to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Aviation Pioneer Lt. Belvin Maynard to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Prominent Children's Author and Education Advocate Mebane H. Burgwyn to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Sam Ragan, Hailed as North Carolina's 'Literary Godfather,' to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Mary Sands, Whose Appalachian Ballads Were Preserved, to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Hurricane Floyd to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Annie Wealthy Holland, Influential African American Educator, to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Moses Grandy, Whose Autobiography Raised Awareness About Enslavement, to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

A formerly enslaved man who published his autobiography soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The N.C. Historical Marker Program is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

North Carolina Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker