Committee Reviewing UNC Building Names Finalizes Report to Chancellor
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Pope Makes Historic Apology To Indigenous for Canada Abuses
Written by NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the “deplorable” abuses they suffered in Canada’s Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to visit Canada in late...
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DOJ Opens Investigation Into 50-Year-Old Murder of Chapel Hill’s James Cates
James Lewis Cates Jr. was among those attending an all-night dance in the Carolina Student Union...
Read More3 Men Charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Convicted of Murder
Written by RUSS BYNUM Three men were convicted of murder Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running empty-handed through a Georgia subdivision when the white strangers chased him, trapped him on a...
Read MoreEchoes of Breonna Taylor in Shooting of Black Man in Georgia
Written by KATE BRUMBACK Johnny Lorenzo Bolton was lying with his eyes closed on a couch in his apartment near Atlanta when police serving a narcotics search warrant burst through the front door with guns drawn and no warning....
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Hundreds Gather at Historic Tulsa Church’s Prayer Wall
Written by PETER SMITH Hundreds gathered Monday for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall...
Read MoreTulsa Pastors Honor ‘Holy Ground’ 100 Years After Massacre
Written by PETER SMITH When white attackers destroyed the prosperous Black neighborhood of Greenwood 100 years ago this week, they bypassed the original sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of North Tulsa. By the church’s own...
Read MoreOn Air Today: Marcus McFaul and Reesy Alston
Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill and the local NAACP Youth Council are co-sponsoring a service and vigil on Saturday to commemorate one year of weekly Black Lives Matter vigils. To spread the word and further discuss racial justice, Binkley Baptist Pastor Marcus McFaul and NCAAP Youth Council leader Reesy Alston join 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell.
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Read MoreOrange County: Continuing the Fight for Racial Justice and Preparing for Memorial Day
Chair of the Orange County Commissioners Renee Price joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to discuss some of the recent topics surrounding the county government. Price shares her thoughts on Carrboro Mayor Lydia Lavelle expecting to step away at the end of 2021, as well as how Orange County’s vaccination rates are continuing to rise. Plus: the county commissioner reflects on the conversations of racial justice in Orange County one year after the death of George Floyd.
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