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🌈 Join us for a special opening event on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 celebrating the library extension of "To Love and Live
Museum of Durham HistoryJune 26, 2026

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🌈 Join us for a special opening event on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 celebrating the library extension of "To Love and Live Free: The 1986 Mayoral Recall Fight and the Origins of Durham Pride." Installed outside the North Carolina Collection on the third floor of the Durham County…

Main Library, this exhibit explores the key role that the library and its staff played during the controversies of 1986. 📚 ⭐️ This special “Meet the Curators Then and Now” program offers visitors a unique opportunity to experience the exhibit through the eyes of two people directly connected to it. Joanne Abel (shown above), one of the librarians (along with Nancy Blood) who helped create the original 1986 display, and Andrew Nurkin, curator of To Love and Live Free, will be on hand to provide an intimate guided walkthrough, sharing personal perspectives, historical context, and behind-the-scenes insights into how this story has been preserved and interpreted over the years. 🏳️‍🌈 📍Durham County Main Library 🗓 Wednesday, July 1 🕓 6:00pm 🎟 This event is FREE and open to the public! Can't wait to see you there! 👀 #durhamnc #bullcity #durham #durm #library #pride #durhampride #history #nchistory #museum #ncpride #lgbtqia #lgbtq #learn #fyp #foryou #trending #event #durhamhistory #durhamnc #publichistory #volunteer #free
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