The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington Massacre, was North Carolina’s most brutal contribution to the former Confederacy’s long postwar campaign of terror and oppression against emancipated black Americans. Philip Gerard’s 1994 novel Cape Fear Rising ...
In a spirit similar to fellow independent filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Nicole Holofcener, Lynn Shelton’s films are character-driven and tend to focus on neurotic but likable characters in quirky, ...
“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” So declared Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, the day after his troops returned Texas ...
On May 29, Thomasville City Schools announced that the Thomasville High School yearbook was being recalled due to the image of a Confederate flag on its cover. Within hours, the story was picked up by local media. By 7 p.m. it ...
By: Shereen Gomaa Earlier this month, millions of mothers across the country received jewelry, cards and flowers. They ate lavish brunches. They took walks and family photos and enjoyed the changing weather. But I hope that ...
By: Jim Longworth The other day I spoke with my friend and pioneering legislator Larry Womble about the controversial Confederate statue that stands in front of the old Forsyth County courthouse on Fourth Street. Larry, a life-long resident of ...
By: Terry Rader Do you believe in ghosts? This is the first question I asked lead investigators Rick Aiken, 1992 founder of Piedmont Triad Paranormal Investigations and Bonnie Jones, 2012 founder of Gray Wolf Paranormal. “For myself, I have to ...
From Lynn Nottage, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes this haunting, probing work about the resilience of the human spirit during times of war. Set in a small mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this powerful play follows Mama ...
Photo from Wikipedia By: Jim Longworth Once upon a time, a group of women who had lost their fathers and husbands to war, raised enough money to erect a statue in honor of their fallen loved ones. That group was ...
By: Sammy Feldblum Frederic Church, a painter who deals most often in ecological splendor, did not forget humanity in his earthly wanderings. His eye for the man-made is on view now at Winston-Salem’s Reynolda House in a collection of work from ...
