D.G. Martin, Author at Chapelboro.com

Fire in Fayetteville leaves a gap in Chapel Hill

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 19, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Why did a fire in Fayetteville cause a panic in Chapel Hill? When I got word about the April 9 fire that destroyed the Haymont Grill in Fayetteville, a little bit of me got destroyed, too. The Grill was a few blocks away from a...

Like actors, putting ourselves in the shoes of others

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 13, 2016 | D.G. Martin

How hard is it for a white person to really understand the black experience well enough not to get into trouble when speaking about hot-button matters of community concern? Ask Hillary Clinton. Or ask her husband, the former...

What’s behind the Bathroom Bill?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 5, 2016 | D.G. Martin

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Why it’s basketball, not politics, on our minds

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 29, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Get used to it! Even though we are in the middle of a national election contest with choices so varied, so unusual, so important, and with a possible result that would stretch the traditions of American democracy… Even...

Spring reading: Food, basketball, race, waterways, politics, and a new literary thriller

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 22, 2016 | D.G. Martin

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Tracing the cause of discontent to some demagogue

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 15, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Have you had enough of presidential candidates flying in and out of North Carolina looking for primary votes? Wouldn’t it be nice if they came to see us after the election, like our first president, George Washington, who...

She’ll be thanking him in November

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 8, 2016 | D.G. Martin

If Hillary Clinton is elected president in November, her very first thank-you should go to Bernie Sanders. “What?” you ask. “How could she thank Sanders when his vigorous campaign took people away from her natural and expected...

A Firebrand North Carolinian and the President’s Wife

Posted by D.G. Martin | Mar 1, 2016 | D.G. Martin

One more question before we forget about the black history month just ended: How did President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1938 visit to the University of North Carolina lead to a long friendship between the president’s wife and a...

Would a name change be enough?

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 23, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Should Fayetteville State University, the state’s oldest public HBCU (historically black college or university), change its name to the University of North Carolina at Fayetteville? Last week The Fayetteville Observer reported...

Lee Smith’s best story yet

Posted by D.G. Martin | Feb 16, 2016 | D.G. Martin

Lee Smith’s upcoming book, “Dimestore: A Writer’s Life,” tells her best story yet. After publishing 13 novels and numerous short stories that have won for her a passionately loyal group of fans and friends, the best-selling...

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