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Durham college student headed to Democratic National Convention as a NC delegate

Devin Freeman, N.C. 4th District DNC Delegate, speaks at a press conference for N.C. Governor Roy Cooper, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.
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Devin Freeman, N.C. 4th District DNC Delegate, speaks at a press conference for N.C. Governor Roy Cooper, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.

Classes at North Carolina Central University start on Monday, but NCCU senior Devin Freeman won't be there. Instead, he'll be on the floor at the Democratic National Convention.

Devin talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about how he became one of North Carolina’s delegates for the DNC and what it means to him to be headed to Chicago.

Guest

Devin Freeman, rising senior, North Carolina Central University and North Carolina delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at WUNC as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.