/tags/oberlin Oberlin en-US Copyright Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:11:30 GMT /news/2024-02-29/joseph-holt-black-teen-integration-efforts-north-carolina-schools A family in Raleigh was one of the first to fight to get their son Joseph Holt Jr. into an all-white school in the 1950s. As part of Black History Month, Wake County libraries highlighted the family as well as State Administrator Dudley Flood, who traveled across North Carolina assisting schools with integration. Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:11:30 GMT /news/2024-02-29/joseph-holt-black-teen-integration-efforts-north-carolina-schools Sharryse Piggott /race-demographics/2019-11-07/preserving-the-history-of-black-excellence-in-raleigh Oberlin Village is an important part of Raleigh’s history — but there is not much of the historic African American community left.It was founded by former… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:16:47 GMT /race-demographics/2019-11-07/preserving-the-history-of-black-excellence-in-raleigh Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-07/preserving-the-history-of-black-excellence-in-raleigh Oberlin Village is an important part of Raleigh’s history — but there is not much of the historic African American community left.It was founded by former… Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:16:47 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-11-07/preserving-the-history-of-black-excellence-in-raleigh Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2018-04-19/a-different-kind-of-monument The new “Oberlin Rising” monument in Raleigh commemorates one of the first African-American communities in the city. After the Civil War, Southern land… Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:13:40 GMT /arts-culture/2018-04-19/a-different-kind-of-monument Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-19/a-different-kind-of-monument The new “Oberlin Rising” monument in Raleigh commemorates one of the first African-American communities in the city. After the Civil War, Southern land… Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:13:40 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-04-19/a-different-kind-of-monument Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio