To register send an email to info@southporthistoricalsociety.org The “Chitlin’ Circuit” was the collective name given to a series of black-owned nightclubs, dance halls, juke joints and theaters that were safe and acceptable for African American entertainers to perform in during segregation. Notable venues on the Chitlin’ Circuit were the Cotton Club and Apollo Theater […]
To register send an email to info@southporthistoricalsociety.org The Ninth Annual Brunswick County Black History Symposium will host an evening with Carolyn Evans, a New York actress, dancer, educator and Storyteller. Evans will be portraying cook, Mary Ann Cord, “Aunt Rachel”, from the Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) essay, “A True Story, Repeated Word For Word As […]
Mike Royal was born and raised in Southport, NC. His family goes back generations to Captain Charlie Swan, keeper of the Bald Head Lighthouse. Each month Mike as he looks back on his childhood in Southport during the 1950s and 60s. You’ll learn about Southport of a different time, and most likely be reminded of […]
