/tags/jim-crow Jim Crow en-US Copyright Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:00:15 GMT /show/due-south/2024-11-07/changing-same-new-play-army-private-killed-resisting-jim-crow-laws Eighty years ago, Black soldier Booker T. Spicely was shot and killed in Durham by a white bus driver. Playwrights Howard L. Craft and Mike Wiley explore what has not changed since that time. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:00:15 GMT /show/due-south/2024-11-07/changing-same-new-play-army-private-killed-resisting-jim-crow-laws Leoneda Inge, Rachel McCarthy /race-demographics/2023-11-28/booker-spicely-durham-historical-marker-black-soldier-jim-crow Army Private Booker T. Spicely was shot by a white bus driver after Spicely complained about having to sit in the back. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:32:12 GMT /race-demographics/2023-11-28/booker-spicely-durham-historical-marker-black-soldier-jim-crow Jay Price /politics/2023-03-01/north-carolina-legislators-remove-racist-literacy-test-state-constitution A North Carolina House committee voted Wednesday to give voters a chance to remove the Jim Crow-era literacy test requirement from the state’s constitution. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:42:02 GMT /politics/2023-03-01/north-carolina-legislators-remove-racist-literacy-test-state-constitution Colin Campbell /race-demographics/2022-06-17/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-north-carolina-baynard-rustin They were sentenced to work on a chain gang in North Carolina after launching the first of the “freedom rides” to challenge Jim Crow laws, which mandated segregation on buses. Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:17:44 GMT /race-demographics/2022-06-17/freedom-riders-1947-convictions-vacated-north-carolina-baynard-rustin Associated Press /military/2018-09-24/in-the-jim-crow-era-after-the-fact-lynchings-spread-racial-terror-in-durham-and-elsewhere Not all racially-motivated killings in the Jim Crow-era were classified as "lynchings." Activists are trying to document the rest.Part two of a two-part… Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:03:43 GMT /military/2018-09-24/in-the-jim-crow-era-after-the-fact-lynchings-spread-racial-terror-in-durham-and-elsewhere Jay Price /arts-culture/2016-08-17/the-making-of-a-racist Like any good historian, Charles Dew was trained to conduct his research in a scientific fashion, setting aside any personal perspectives in his… Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:24:24 GMT /arts-culture/2016-08-17/the-making-of-a-racist Katy Barron /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-17/the-making-of-a-racist Like any good historian, Charles Dew was trained to conduct his research in a scientific fashion, setting aside any personal perspectives in his… Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:24:24 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-17/the-making-of-a-racist Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-07-15/a-dress-made-just-for-you For much of the 20th century, Willie Otey Kay was a household name among the fashion-conscious in Raleigh. The designer and dressmaker crafted… Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:24:34 GMT /arts-culture/2016-07-15/a-dress-made-just-for-you Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-15/a-dress-made-just-for-you For much of the 20th century, Willie Otey Kay was a household name among the fashion-conscious in Raleigh. The designer and dressmaker crafted… Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:24:34 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-15/a-dress-made-just-for-you Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-03-30/in-abrahams-bosom-recounts-life-in-jim-crow-south In 1926, North Carolina playwright Paul Green helped introduce on stage realistic depictions of life for African Americans. With his Pulitzer… Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:10:19 GMT /arts-culture/2016-03-30/in-abrahams-bosom-recounts-life-in-jim-crow-south Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio