Before we move too far behind the first federal holiday of Juneteenth, allow me to make two points. One, this is unabashedly a good thing. Two, as I pointed out recently, this is absolutely going to be taken over by white people with their own...
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Since white parents will do everything possible to not send their kids to schools with Black kids (well, maybe one or two from upper middle class backgrounds so that little.
For two decades or more, those who follow issues of climate change have known that the Outer Banks are probably doomed. And yet, as one of the nation's most popular.
Someday, we are going to look back and realize that the early 21st century was both the period when universities stopped hiring history professors and the period where people were literally dying in the streets over interpretations of the past (Charlottesville, specifically). The interpretation of...
Cancel culture! The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is no longer issuing specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag, according to a statement.The agency said removal of the.
That farm labor gets such a tiny amount of attention even from liberals is quite distressing. But the exploitation of these workers needs continued publicity through whatever megaphones we may.
A huge win for the National Nurses Union and all those who undertake the herculean task of organizing the South! It’s a new day at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, for registered nurses, for their patients, their community, and as a message to...
Organizing the South is so very, very hard. I've discussed this many times here over the years, both in the labor history series and in discussing contemporary events. And yet,.
One of the benefits of the folk revival of the 60s was a lot of people went out and shot documentaries of the aging musicians of the South, at times.
This MGM-produced travel film from 1942 focuses on the ways and life of western North Carolina. It's an interesting view into what might appeal to travelers at a time when few did travel, especially to a place like western North Carolina. After making Asheville look...
I thought this was pretty great. Now it had arrived, the final morning that the statue would stand above the grounds of North Carolina’s Capitol. The moment had arrived after.
Well. They are doing very well. Such as in North Carolina. Frustrated by weeks of protests, a North Carolina lawmaker has lashed out at what he calls “gutless wonders in.