Learn more about North Carolina’s rich Black history through these 10 iconic landmarks
From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest ...
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Did You Know That White Supremacists Overthrew A Thriving Black-Led City In North Carolina?
Between 1896 and 1902, the number of Black voters registered in North Carolina fell from 126,000 to 6,100. Wilmington did not elect another Black candidate until 1972. The violence in Wilmington ...
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Durham’s Black History Is a Large Part of Durham History
In honor of Black History Month, Duke celebrates African Americans’ distinctive achievements in Durham. While Duke has had an ...
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Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
SMITHFIELD, N.C. — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on ...