‘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
Tyre Nichols’ Brutal Beating by Police Shown on Video Posted by Associated Press | Jan 28, 2023 | World Written by ADRIAN SAINZ Authorities released video footage Friday showing Tyre Nichols being... Read More
School Communities Offer Support of CHCCS Superintendent Hamlett, Black Educators Posted by Brighton McConnell | Jan 26, 2023 | Higher Education, Instagram, Pre-K - 12 Education The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education’s agenda for last week’s meeting had... Read More
Civil Rights Lawyer, Author Bryan Stevenson Tabbed for UNC 2023 Commencement Posted by Brighton McConnell | Dec 15, 2022 | UNC The commencement speaker for UNC’s graduating Class of 2023 is now set. Prominent civil... Read More
UNC Installs, Dedicates a Permanent Memorial to James Cates 52 Years After Murder Posted by Brighton McConnell | Nov 21, 2022 | Instagram, News, UNC Hundreds of people gathered at the Pit on UNC campus as the university dedicated a marker to James Cates, a Black man murdered in 1970. Read More
UNC Installing Permanent James Cates Memorial On Campus Posted by Michael Koh | Aug 12, 2022 | UNC UNC chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz shared a statement Friday announcing the installation of a... Read More
Convictions of 4 Freedom Riders Overturned by Orange County After 75 Years Posted by Brighton McConnell | Jun 17, 2022 | Local Government, News While more people may remember the Freedom Riders of 1961, 16 civil rights activists helped set... Read More
‘How Dare You!‘: Grief, Anger From Buffalo Victims’ Kin Posted by Associated Press | May 20, 2022 | World Written by AARON MORRISON and CAROLYN THOMPSON Relatives of the 10 Black people massacred in a... 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
Videos Show Patrick Lyoya Shot in Head by Michigan Officer Posted by Associated Press | Apr 14, 2022 | World Written by ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and ED WHITE A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in... Read More