'Lifted Voices' brings Black history to life in Greensboro

The Greensboro History Museum has organized events for kids and adults including a tour featuring actors playing notable Black figures from the past in honor of Black History Month. 

The event’s official title is Lifted Voices: Black History. It was first organized 13 years ago and has since become an annual tradition for the Greensboro History Museum. 

Museum Director Carol Ghiorsi Hart said the event is a unique way for people to experience Black history in the Gate City. It will feature costumed actors playing everything from Revolutionary War-era vets to pioneering elected officials from the last century. 

"Like Dr. James Elmer Dellinger, who was a Spanish-American War veteran. He was the chair of the chemistry department at North Carolina A&T and also a physician," Hart said. "And he organized in 1898 North Carolina’s first permanent unit of Black officers in support of the Spanish-American War effort." 

The event takes place Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Greensboro History Museum. Tours featuring the historical figures will start at 1 p.m. and go until 4 p.m.

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