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Fear of democracy is reviving Jim Crow-like strategies in NC | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe week before the Sept. 12 primary election in Mecklenburg County, a leader in Democracy North...
Democrats in 1900 made the NC Constitution racist: Will voters today undo that?
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1900, white supremacist Democratic voters amended the North Carolina Constitution with a Literacy...
Lexington’s segregation sits on a historical scaffold of white supremacy | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOpEd: Segregation was legalized by ordinance and state law and upheld by federal courts. Where it...
Fayetteville center will highlight 1898 Wilmington massacre: 'You are going to be amazed'
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA planned History Center on the Civil War and its aftermath will make a central element an immersive...
Confederate icon’s descendant advocates for removing ancestor’s statue from U.S. Capitol
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe great-great-great grandson of Confederate icon J.Z. George wants to see his ancestor’s statue...
It's Debatable: Affirmative action in college admissions
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate the merits of...
Ricky Jones: White supremacy, say its name!
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt has become popular for protest leaders to mightily shout “Say her (or his) name!” at rallies seeking justice for the growing number of victims of...
A Republican whitesplaining Black history to Don Lemon shows why schools need more critical race...
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoOPINION: GOP presidential Vivek Ramaswamy claims the Civil War was fought so Black people could own...
There’s no such thing as ‘race neutral’
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoOPINION: In striking down affirmative action, the Supreme Court accepted the absurd notion of a theoretical colorblind country that no one asked for and...
Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that's still shaping American politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a small Sugar Shack store, on May 3, 1966,...