/tags/african-american-history African-American History en-US Copyright Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:47:03 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-13/publisher-and-civil-rights-activist-honored-with-a-highway-marker For more than 40 years the “Carolina Times” was the preeminent black newspaper in North Carolina. It covered the day-to-day happenings in Durham, but its… Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:47:03 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-13/publisher-and-civil-rights-activist-honored-with-a-highway-marker Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2019-06-13/publisher-and-civil-rights-activist-honored-with-a-highway-marker For more than 40 years the “Carolina Times” was the preeminent black newspaper in North Carolina. It covered the day-to-day happenings in Durham, but its… Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:47:03 GMT /race-demographics/2019-06-13/publisher-and-civil-rights-activist-honored-with-a-highway-marker Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-08/in-sickness-and-in-health-voices-from-the-archives The Southern Oral History Program is guided by the philosophy that “you don’t have to be famous for your life to be history.” Since 1973, it has collected… Wed, 08 May 2019 16:14:51 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-05-08/in-sickness-and-in-health-voices-from-the-archives Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-05-08/in-sickness-and-in-health-voices-from-the-archives The Southern Oral History Program is guided by the philosophy that “you don’t have to be famous for your life to be history.” Since 1973, it has collected… Wed, 08 May 2019 16:14:51 GMT /arts-culture/2019-05-08/in-sickness-and-in-health-voices-from-the-archives Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-22/hat-queens-with-attitude-reign-in-crowns-a-gospel-musical In the gospel musical “Crowns” every hat tells a story. The production is based on a book of photographs and oral history interviews of African-American… Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:20:02 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-08-22/hat-queens-with-attitude-reign-in-crowns-a-gospel-musical Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-08-22/hat-queens-with-attitude-reign-in-crowns-a-gospel-musical In the gospel musical “Crowns” every hat tells a story. The production is based on a book of photographs and oral history interviews of African-American… Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:20:02 GMT /arts-culture/2017-08-22/hat-queens-with-attitude-reign-in-crowns-a-gospel-musical Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-12/a-theater-preview-highlights-african-american-arts-on-stage-in-2017 How did one word both lift a white playwright to American fame and condemn a black actor to failure? How did the relationships between slaveholders and… Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:19:16 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-01-12/a-theater-preview-highlights-african-american-arts-on-stage-in-2017 Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-01-12/a-theater-preview-highlights-african-american-arts-on-stage-in-2017 How did one word both lift a white playwright to American fame and condemn a black actor to failure? How did the relationships between slaveholders and… Thu, 12 Jan 2017 17:19:16 GMT /arts-culture/2017-01-12/a-theater-preview-highlights-african-american-arts-on-stage-in-2017 Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-28/cultivating-cultural-roots-into-a-career-meet-michelle-lanier Note: This program is a rebroadcast. It originally aired May 2, 2016. Michelle Lanier’s roots in North Carolina are so deep that she describes “every… Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:29:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-28/cultivating-cultural-roots-into-a-career-meet-michelle-lanier Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-11-28/cultivating-cultural-roots-into-a-career-meet-michelle-lanier Note: This program is a rebroadcast. It originally aired May 2, 2016. Michelle Lanier’s roots in North Carolina are so deep that she describes “every… Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:29:00 GMT /arts-culture/2016-11-28/cultivating-cultural-roots-into-a-career-meet-michelle-lanier Anita Rao, Frank Stasio