/tags/civil-rights Civil Rights en-US Copyright Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:20:00 GMT /show/due-south/2025-01-20/greensboro-six-broke-golfs-color-barrier-north-carolina-history-civil-rights-protest A week after Rosa Parks began a bus boycott protesting segregation, several Black men played a round of golf at the whites-only Gillespie Golf Course in Greensboro, NC. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:20:00 GMT /show/due-south/2025-01-20/greensboro-six-broke-golfs-color-barrier-north-carolina-history-civil-rights-protest Leoneda Inge, Josh Sullivan, Cole del Charco /show/due-south/2024-08-07/greensboro-six-broke-golfs-color-barrier-north-carolina-history-civil-rights-protest A week after Rosa Parks began a bus boycott protesting segregation, several Black men played a round of golf at the whites-only Gillespie Golf Course in Greensboro, NC. A new mural portraying the men is unveiled this week. Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:23:45 GMT /show/due-south/2024-08-07/greensboro-six-broke-golfs-color-barrier-north-carolina-history-civil-rights-protest Leoneda Inge, Josh Sullivan, Cole del Charco /show/due-south/2024-07-18/sweet-justice-honors-virginia-williams-royal-ice-cream-parlor-sit-in In 1957, young Virginia Williams made history as part of the Royal Ice Cream sit-in movement in Durham. Williams, now 87, was recently honored at an ice cream social at NorthStar Church of the Arts. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:53:31 GMT /show/due-south/2024-07-18/sweet-justice-honors-virginia-williams-royal-ice-cream-parlor-sit-in Leoneda Inge /show/due-south/2024-07-01/roy-wood-jr-road-to-rickwood-civil-rights-birmingham-baseball-field Comedian Roy Wood Jr. takes a break from stand up to sit down with historians and former Negro League players in the new NPR podcast "Road to Rickwood." Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:05:49 GMT /show/due-south/2024-07-01/roy-wood-jr-road-to-rickwood-civil-rights-birmingham-baseball-field Leoneda Inge, Cole del Charco, Rachel McCarthy /show/due-south/2024-07-01/history-integration-north-carolinas-professional-baseball-leagues Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Chris Holaday, author of Cracks in the Outfield Wall: The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:00:00 GMT /show/due-south/2024-07-01/history-integration-north-carolinas-professional-baseball-leagues Leoneda Inge, Rachel McCarthy /race-demographics/2023-09-15/birmingham-bombing-1963-four-little-girls-civil-rights 60 years ago, on Sept. 15, 1963, "Four Little Girls" were killed in a bombing set by the Ku Klux Klan at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Some who lived through the trauma wonder if anything has changed. Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:41:39 GMT /race-demographics/2023-09-15/birmingham-bombing-1963-four-little-girls-civil-rights Leoneda Inge /race-demographics/2023-09-01/king-practiced-famous-i-have-a-dream-speech-rocky-mount One of the most famous speeches in world was given by Martin Luther King Jr. 60 years ago at the Civil Rights March on Washington. But did you know King first gave part of his "I Have a Dream" speech months earlier, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina? Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:03:15 GMT /race-demographics/2023-09-01/king-practiced-famous-i-have-a-dream-speech-rocky-mount Leoneda Inge /politics/2023-02-15/nc-lawmakers-want-more-monuments-honoring-civil-rights-leaders A bipartisan group of lawmakers has reintroduced a bill that would start the process of building more public monuments dedicated to civil rights icons. Wed, 15 Feb 2023 18:42:16 GMT /politics/2023-02-15/nc-lawmakers-want-more-monuments-honoring-civil-rights-leaders Will Michaels /news/2023-01-20/state-commission-is-accepting-applications-to-add-more-markers-to-nc-civil-rights-trail The North Carolina African American Heritage Commission is working to extend the trail and more Black history stories across the state. Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:29:11 GMT /news/2023-01-20/state-commission-is-accepting-applications-to-add-more-markers-to-nc-civil-rights-trail Sharryse Piggott /news/2022-06-13/topsail-island-beach-becoming-part-of-nc-civil-rights-trail In July, Ocean City will be honored with a historical marker from the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the N.C. African American Heritage Commission. Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:08:45 GMT /news/2022-06-13/topsail-island-beach-becoming-part-of-nc-civil-rights-trail Associated Press