Marc Farinella, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/marc-farinella/ North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:39:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png Marc Farinella, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/marc-farinella/ 32 32 210991526 The Living Legacy of the Piedmont Blues https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/music/durham-piedmont-blues/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 12:37:58 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=8664 The music that grew out of Durham's tobacco plants influenced some of the most widely recorded musicians of the last 65 years.]]>

The music that grew out of Durham's tobacco plants influenced some of the most widely recorded musicians of the last 65 years.

]]> 8664 The Black Beach Resort That Almost Changed North Carolina https://www.theassemblync.com/place/the-black-beach-resort-on-shell-island-that-almost-changed-north-carolina/ Tue, 31 May 2022 13:21:39 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2022/05/31/the-black-beach-resort-that-almost-changed-north-carolina/ A first-class seaside destination for Black southerners opened just north of Wrightsville Beach in 1923, but lasted only three years. The short life of the Shell Island Beach Resort still holds lessons for today. ]]>

A first-class seaside destination for Black southerners opened just north of Wrightsville Beach in 1923, but lasted only three years. The short life of the Shell Island Beach Resort still holds lessons for today.

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