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Leoneda Inge/In August 1955, Chicago teenager Emmett Till died a gruesome death. The Black boy was lynched, while visiting family in Mississippi. No one has ever been convicted of the crime, but an unserved warrant was recently discovered for Carolyn Bryant Donham. -
Svetla Pratt/The Black Farmers’ Market in the Triangle is taking a new approach to supporting its community. One chef who joined the market is on a personal mission to address food inequality through her cooking classes and plant-based desserts.
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An effort to help small-scale Black farmers in the Triangle area sell their goods during the coronavirus pandemic continues to go strong with the "Tall Grass Food Box." -
They were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after launching the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge Jim Crow laws, which mandated segregation on buses.
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As the anniversary of Andrew Brown Jr.’s death in Elizabeth City nears, many who called for justice say that until now, they have seen little in the way of transparency or reform.
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The North Carolina-based playwright and actor Mike Wiley has spent the past 15 years performing his one-man show "Dar He," educating audiences about the 1955 murder and lynching of Emmett Till.
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Parents denounced the incident during public comment at Monday night's school board meeting, and dozens of community members rallied outside the meeting.
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Tested producer Charlie Shelton-Ormond recently spoke with Kristen Johnson, investigative reporter for The Fayetteville Observer, about her latest series about the past, present and future of the Market House.
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Cherokee leaders have spent several months consulting with Lenovo-owned Motorola, which last week introduced a Cherokee language interface on its newest line of phones.
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WUNC will broadcast specials from APM and BBC to honor Black History Month
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In a Tuesday vote, the council adopted a resolution calling for the removal of the monument. The town intends to relocate the monument to a site within the city limits.
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WUNC's Race and Southern Culture Reporter Leoneda Inge reflects on the past year, and the standout moments and people who fought against injustice in North Carolina.
