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- Intergenerational Conversation Held at East White Oak Community Center
- 1969 Dudley/NC A&T Revolt Celebrated and Commemorated
- Community Dialogue with Sheriff BJ Barnes
- African Delegation visits Greensboro for panel disussion on Truth and Reconciliation.
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Intergenerational Conversation Held at East White Oak Community Center
photographed by Arletha Jowers
photos taken on
Apr. 29, 2009
On April 28, 2009, BCC's youth group, New Voice, partnered with the East White Oak Community Center to host the monthly intergenerational conversation, which promotes dialogue amongst elder and younger members of the African-American community in Greensboro. Participants boasted that this was one of the best intergenerational conversations yet, as community members came totheter to reflect on life in this former African-American mill village. The event took place at the East White Oak Community Center.
1969 Dudley/NC A&T Revolt Celebrated and Commemorated
photographed by Lewis Brandon
photos taken on
Apr. 28, 2009
In May of 1969, Greensboro Dudley High School students elected Claude Barnes as president of the high school’s student government association. The then, predominately white, school board prevented Barnes from taking office, sparking resistance among Dudley Students. Students rose to challenge and override the school board’s decision, soliciting help from the broader community and the governing student body at North Carolina A&T State University. After a culmination of attempted negotiations, students began to engage in protests in an effort to defend their decision and exercise community democracy. Protest and unrest persisted for several weeks. In response to student demands, several Dudley High Students were beaten by the police and others arrested. Over 500 students from NC A&T State University were jailed and the US National Guard was called in. Approximately 650 National Guards flooded the campus of NC A&T causing the university to close prematurely and send students home. As protests and then violence escalated, gunfire ensued from police and North Carolina National Guard troops, injuring NC A&T student Willie Grimes who was later pronounced dead. In a powerful two day event on April 24-25, 2009, the Beloved Community Center in partnership with NC A&T State University History Department and Honors club, commemorated this event, celebrating the lives, legacy and struggle of those involved in the 1969 Dudley A&T Revolt, the events leading up to it, and the events that proceeded. Read more about 1969 here! Check back with us soon for video footage of the 2-day event!
Community Dialogue with Sheriff BJ Barnes
photographed by Lewis Brandon
photos taken on
Apr. 6, 2009
On Monday March 30, 2009 roughly 300 citizens of Guilford County met with Sheriff BJ Barnes to engage in a community dialogue regarding Section 287 (g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Section 287 (g) "allows the performance of immigration officer functions by state officers and employees" including detaining those suspected to be without valid legal status. (http://www.ice.gov/doclib/pi/news/factsheets/06081dc287factsheet.pdf). The meeting was vigorous. The exchange with Sheriff Barnes was sharp, respectful and revealing.
African Delegation visits Greensboro for panel disussion on Truth and Reconciliation.
photographed by Lewis Brandon
photos taken on
Apr. 3, 2009
On Friday April 3, 2009, NCA&T State University's International Affairs Department, 12 visitors from French speaking Africa, three US interpreters, and BCC staff, joined in a panel discussion at North Carolina A&T State University. The focus of the panel discussion was truth and reconciliation. The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro initiated the Greensboro Truth & Community Reconciliation Project, which was the first of its kind in the United States. The GTCRP was modeled after the South African Truth & Reconciliation project and other similar projects.