She was one of the finest legal minds and activists of the twentieth century; her work surrounding the Fourteenth Amendment contributed to the greatest legal precedents of our times.
Cristel Orrand
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North Carolina Homespun Cotton Was Political Long Before “Locavore” Was a Word
In North Carolina today, many local clothing companies, from Nyla Elise to TS Designs, highlight the environmental, ethical, and cultural arguments for local materials, production, and distribution in their mission statements. While this locally sourced movement seems quite modern, it’s actually a continuation of a long tradition that goes back to the colonial era. Then […]
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Harriet Tubman’s Twenty-Dollar Coup Reminds Us of North Carolina’s Progressive Legacy
In 2020, the centennial of women’s suffrage, Harriet Tubman will become the first woman in more than a century to appear on U.S. paper currency, replacing Andrew Jackson on the front of the twenty-dollar bill. A recent PPP poll found that while most North Carolinians view Tubman positively, not everyone is in favor of her […]
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Discover Oberlin Cemetery, a Buried History of Black Prosperity Hidden in Cameron Village
Driving down Raleigh’s Oberlin Road today, it’s hard to imagine that, sixty years ago, this was the suburbs. Dominating the area since 1949 is Cameron Village, but even that pinnacle of shopping centers has changed. Gone are the underground clubs of the seventies and eighties. Gone are the Smurf-blue awnings of the nineties, when you […]
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UNC professor Kenneth Janken explores a racially motivated miscarriage of justice in The Wilmington Ten
KENNETH JANKEN: THE WILMINGTON TEN Thursday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m. free Quail Ridge Books 3522 Wade Ave., Raleigh 919-828-1588 Following desegregation, racial tensions were simmering in Wilmington, North Carolina, as white paramilitaries harassed black protesters with seeming impunity. That tension boiled over in early February, 1971, when shots were fired at firefighters responding to the […]
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A city born in a bar
The pro- and anti-sidewalk-drinking camps breathed collective sighs of disapproval on downtown Raleigh again this past week. While restrictions may have been somewhat relaxed, there’s a limit to the extent that wordrelaxedcan be applied to any restriction. While intake and egress continue to be debated, it is interesting to note that like the recent revitalization […]