Hillside High theater program director Wendell Tabb’s lawsuit, which alleges racial discrimination, goes to mediation on August 15.
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Thomasi McDonald
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Six Months In, Satana Deberry Talks About How She’s Changing Durham’s Criminal Justice System
“I think a lot of people during the campaign said, ‘She can’t do what she’s promising to do.’ But I think they see now that the old way was a failure of imagination.”
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In Rennie Harris Funkedified, A Journey Through African American Dance Communities of the 1970s
Southern-fried funk was turned all the way up at The Carolina Theater, last week, in a performance by Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater that traced the origins of the legend.
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Some North Carolina Companies Are Making Big Bucks Off Contracts With U.S. Customs and Border Protection
The agency is facing increased scrutiny for its overcrowded and inhumane detention camps along the southern border.
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Requiem for Phil Freelon, Whose Creation Was Perfect
“How often do we stop to consider the roots that make it all possible?”
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Why Did Floyd McKissick Vote for the Republicans’ Budget?
He didn’t sell out for an appointment, he says. He cashed in a bargaining chip for Saturday voting.
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Cleo Parker Robinson’s ADF Show Was a Master Class in the History and Future of Black Modern Dance
Robinson’s lithe, commanding ensemble performed classic works like “Mourner’s Bench” and spotlighted rising choreographers like Micaela Taylor.
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Reverend Barber Asks: What Does the Fourth of July Mean to the Immigrant and People of Color?
“O, yes, I say it plain / America never was America to me / And yet I swear this oath—America will be!”
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Two Years After Seeking Sanctuary in a Durham Church, Jose Chicas Feels Anxious and Abandoned
“Me and my husband are Christians. Then we have this situation and look to other Christians for help. But the Christians say they don’t want to help me because they support President Trump.”
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The Bizarre Story of a Small-Town N.C. Police Chief Who Says He Was Fired Because He’s Black
The razor-thin election, the allegedly racist mayor, the mayor-elect’s DUI, the police chief, the word “biggun,” and a bunch of other things that make this lawsuit the damndest thing you’ve ever seen.
