Race & Demographics

Two Civil War cannons that were at a Confederate monument in Raleigh are now at Fort Fisher.

The Wilmington Star News reports that the naval cannons arrived Sunday after they were removed with the monument they were part of on the orders of Governor Roy Cooper earlier this month after they were vandalized.

A street mural with an anti-racist message will make its debut in Fayetteville after council members changed their minds about what slogans should be used.

The owner of a North Carolina racetrack advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale in a social media marketplace just days after a noose had been found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace, the only Black driver in NASCAR’s top division, at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

Police arrested four people on Thursday and removed wooden pallets blocking the street at a protest in front of a North Carolina police department.

Three members of a North Carolina police department have been fired after a department audit of a video recording captured one of the officers saying a civil war was necessary to wipe Black people off the map and that he was ready.

Crews in Raleigh removed the largest remnants of a 75-foot-tall Confederate monument that sat near the grounds of the state Capitol for 125 years.

Part of a 27-foot monument to Confederate soldiers outside a courthouse in eastern North Carolina was removed Monday after local officials gave their approval last week.

Following the orders of Governor Roy Cooper, work crews on Saturday and Sunday removed three Confederate monuments outside the state capitol in Raleigh. This came after protesters toppled two nearby statues Friday night.

Protesters in Raleigh pulled down parts of a Confederate monument Friday night after marching in celebration of Juneteenth.

Effective immediately, WUNC will begin capitalizing the word “Black” when referring to people’s ethnicity or culture.

WUNC joins other media outlets such as The Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Michigan Radio in making this change, which is recommended by the National Association of Black Journalists.

WUNC uses the Associated Press Style Guide for most usage questions.

We are deviating from AP Style in this case to recognize Black ethnicity and culture on an equal footing with that of other groups such as African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos. This is an overdue step to recognize the contributions and importance of Black Americans.

More than 60 lawyers in North Carolina have signed onto a letter urging legislative leaders and Governor Roy Cooper to remove Confederate monuments immediately.