A state of emergency has been declared in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and Pasquotank County as police prepare to release body camera footage of officers killing Andrew Brown, a 42-year-old man who was shot on Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant. The family was expecting to […]
A white city official in North Carolina has been fired after ignoring a Black woman’s request to be addressed by her doctoral title. The city council ousted Tony Collins, a member of the Greensboro Zoning Commission, this week after he engaged in a heated exchange with Carrie Rosario, Ph.D., an […]
Source: SDI Productions / Getty It seems like at least once a year, a school or even an entire school district apologizes for a racist lesson gone wrong. This time around, Union County Public Schools in North Carolina is in the hot seat after a group of […]
A group of Black firefighters in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who spent much of the summer calling out racism in the city’s fire department felt vindicated by a cultural assessment report released last week. The 20-page report, completed by a Charlotte-based race relations specialist, found no evidence that the […]
Some are calling it a “payoff.” Others have called it “hush money” and “reparations.” The University of North Carolina System is calling it “a lawful and lasting path” to prevent Confederate statues and insignia from finding homes on its campuses. But what it is, […]
