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Feb. 18, 2010
An Unsung "Shero" of the February One Movement
by Lewis Brandon
Mar. 6, 2009
Revisiting Sustainable African American Communities of the Past In the Greater Greensboro, North Carolina Area
by Lewis Brandon
On Thursday, March 5, 2009 we celebrated African American History with an intergenerational Panel Discussion, Pictorial and Cultural Exhibit entitled “Revisiting Sustainable African American Communities of the Past in the Greater Greensboro Area.” This exhibit...
Aug. 13, 2008
In the News: Community center receives an N.C. Defender of Justice award
by Nancy McLaughlin
A Greensboro nonprofit dedicated “to realizing the dignity and worth of all people” has been named a 2008 Defender of Justice, an award given annually by the nonprofit North Carolina Justice Center.
The Beloved Community Center was chosen as one of this year’s six recipients for the group’s “dedication” to making North Carolina a “fairer and more just state,” according to an announcement Tuesday from the organization, which highlights...
Aug. 9, 2008
We're Not a Gang, Huami explores the history of Greensboro youth organizations
by Herbert Sturdivant and Terri L. Watson
When Huami Magazine spoke with Greensboro mayor, Yvonne Johnson in January, she said that her city was in the process of developing programs to address the increase of gang violence and crimes associated with gang activity. Working with area colleges and community organizations, a “Think Tank” was organized to come up with ways to resolve the problem with youth criminal activity. She stated that in order to fix the problems with gangs, we must change their perception and way of...
Jun. 26, 2008
An open letter to Dr. Chafe
by Robert P. Foxworth
Dear Dr. Chafe:
Having read Civilities and Civil Rights, I came to your recent Greensboro presentation with great anticipation that you would apply the same power of analysis that you gave to Greensboro's history from 1940-1970 to subsequent events in Greensboro's more recent history. I was disappointed. Not only did you not speak with that power, your talk displayed a lack of knowledge, justifiable only because the program listed your subject as the period covered by your...