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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 2019
Page
1
Israeli progress toward a cease-fire with Hamas includes a widened fishing limit to 15 nautical miles and restricted reopening of the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings. Egyptian mediators have pushed talks as cross-border fighting and election tensions persist.
New Bern was awarded a $10,000 Preservation Fund grant by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to fund a flood resiliency plan for the city including its historic districts. The plan aims to reduce flood vulnerability, aid disaster recovery, and guide an eventual implementation phase after a $90,000 planning cost. Hurricane Florence caused about $100 million in damages within city limits.
This week’s First Friday event marks the 66th anniversary of the reconstructed Tryon Palace grand opening on April 8 1953. Research historian Lindy Cummings outlines the rebuilding effort and the key figures behind it at 2 p.m. at the North Carolina History Center 529 S Front St. Tickets cost 6 dollars. Foundation members attend free. Online at tryonpalace.org.
The piece links three distinct figures by names Crow Furnifeld Simmons and White to Jim Crow laws and minstrel origins. It notes Thomas Rice as the stage originator of Jim Crow while referencing a powerful senator and the last black congressman seen in Washington for over thirty years, all within a historical critique of minstrel culture.
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