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Students learn about music, history at Earl Scruggs Center

The Shelby Star The Earl Scruggs Center will open its next exhibit honoring Black architects and builders in the state and the county in February. African American Builders and Architects, a traveling exhibition that explores buildings across North Carolina constructed by free Black artisans and slaves during the pre-Civil War era will open at the uptown Shelby museum on Feb. 6.  The Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina produced the exhibition in cooperation with the Gallery of A...

African American Builders and Architects - Exhibit African American Builders and Architects explores the extraordinary buildings across the state of NC constructed by free black artisans and slaves during the pre-Civil War era. Learn about the building styles and tools used by these individuals, as well as African folkways and traditions. In addition, Redefining Builders: The African American Communities of Cleveland County, co-curated by Chavis Gash and Zach Dressel for the Earl Scruggs Center...