/tags/skip-gibbs Skip Gibbs en-US Copyright Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:37:33 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-21/a-black-economic-development-zone-grows-in-rural-durham-county Activist Skip Gibbs was in the midst of leading a protest in Durham this summer when he felt that something wasn’t right. In the crowd, which had gathered… Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:37:33 GMT /race-demographics/2020-12-21/a-black-economic-development-zone-grows-in-rural-durham-county Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /news/2020-12-11/from-protest-camp-to-permanent-settlement-building-an-autonomous-black-community-in-rural-durham On a crisp fall morning, Skip Gibbs of the group Other America Movement is alone, listening to Thelonious Monk, and tending to the garden."In these little… Fri, 11 Dec 2020 13:16:18 GMT /news/2020-12-11/from-protest-camp-to-permanent-settlement-building-an-autonomous-black-community-in-rural-durham Will Michaels /race-demographics/2020-07-03/i-understand-why-people-are-in-the-streets-durham-mayor-on-police-funding-systemic-racism The new fiscal year started this week, a time when local governments implement the new budgets they spent months working on over the spring.In the city of… Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:08:49 GMT /race-demographics/2020-07-03/i-understand-why-people-are-in-the-streets-durham-mayor-on-police-funding-systemic-racism Will Michaels /race-demographics/2020-06-26/the-world-is-watching-durham-activist-on-why-he-is-camped-out-at-police-headquarters In the month since George Floyd’s killing sparked protests nationwide, some demonstrators in Durham have literally taken their message to the police.… Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:49:40 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-26/the-world-is-watching-durham-activist-on-why-he-is-camped-out-at-police-headquarters Will Michaels