On Air Today: ‘By Hands Now Known’ Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 27, 2023 | On Air Today Aaron chats with James Williams, who’s among the organizers of a book talk that’s happening at Flyleaf Books on Saturday, December 2. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2023/11%20-%20November/27/JAMES%20WILLIAMS%20-%20112723.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More
On Air Today: “4 Little Girls” at Binkley Baptist Church Posted by Aaron Keck | Sep 12, 2023 | On Air Today Friday, September 15, is the 60th anniversary of the racist bombing of a Black church in Birmingham, Alabama, that left four girls dead. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2023/09%20-%20September/12/Spike%20Lee%20screening%20-%20JAMES%20WILLIAMS%20091223.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More
‘Do Not Forget Us’: Soil Collection Ceremony Held for 5 Orange County Lynching Victims Posted by Brighton McConnell | May 1, 2023 | Instagram, News Orange County community members gathered Saturday afternoon for a soil collection ceremony for five lynching victims killed in 1869. Read More
On Air Today: Remembering Racial Lynchings in Orange County Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 27, 2023 | On Air Today James Williams of the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition discusses two upcoming events to remember our local racial history. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2023/04%20-%20April/27/JAMES%20WILLIAMS%20-%20042723.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More
On Air Today: Operation Readi-Rock Posted by Aaron Keck | Nov 8, 2022 | On Air Today James Williams discusses an event Thursday at the Chapel Hill Public Library to remember a racially-charged police raid in 1990. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2022/November/08/JAMES%20WILLIAMS.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More
Bayard Rustin, Jim Crow and Chapel Hill: Remembering the “Journey of Reconciliation,” 75 Years Later Posted by Aaron Keck | May 19, 2022 | News Around Town This year is the 75th anniversary of the “Journey of Reconciliation,” a civil-rights protest that met intense opposition in Chapel Hill. Read More
On Air Today: Challenging Jim Crow in Chapel Hill Posted by Aaron Keck | May 18, 2022 | On Air Today James Williams joins Aaron to discuss an upcoming event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Freedom Riders’ arrest in Chapel Hill. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2022/May/18/Freedom%20Riders%20event%20JAMES%20WILLIAMS.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More
On Air Today: “The Lessons of the Hour” Posted by Aaron Keck | Feb 4, 2022 | On Air Today February 10, Carrboro is hosting a reenactment of Frederick Douglass’ last great speech. Aaron discusses the event with James Williams. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2022/February/04/JAMES%20WILLIAMS.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More
New Resource to Help North Carolinians Remove Confederate Monuments Posted by Elle Kehres | Feb 11, 2021 | State Beginning on February 14, the North Carolina Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities is launching a new campaign to help residents remove confederate monuments across the state. Read More
On Air Today: NC CRED and Confederate Monuments Posted by Aaron Keck | Jan 28, 2021 | On Air Today James Williams, chair of the NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities (NC CRED), discusses a new campaign to remove Confederate monuments. https://media.blubrry.com/sports_notebook/chapelboroaudio.s3.amazonaws.com/2021/January/28/JAMES%20WILLIAMS%20FOR%20AM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Read More