Why History Matters Today
North Carolina has been at the center of the national debate over race-based voter suppression. With election day only weeks away, there is growing concern among many in this pivotal swing state that their voices will not be heard. Join the authors with Judith Kelley, dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University.
Voting Rights and Voting Wrongs
From the end of the Civil War right up until today, North Carolina has served as a battleground state between the majority of people that at various points have pushed for transformational change and a powerful minority bent on perpetuating divisions along racial, gender, and class lines. In this week's episode, the authors join host Jonathan Michels to discuss voting rights and the prospects for democracy in the state and nation.
NC Policy Watch - Crucial Conversations
North Carolina’s history can help us understand why – a century and a half after ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment – we remain a nation divided over the right to vote. Join the authors and host Rob Schofield for the long view on race, voting rights, and democracy in North Carolina.
Why We Need to Defeat White Supremacy at the Ballot Box
Though we have good reason to fear the Proud Boys and other modern-day incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan, we should not focus only on these militant and sometimes heavily armed fringe groups. In the United States, after all, white supremacy is, and always has been, mainstream.
African Americans and the Ballot – A Continuing Struggle for Freedom
A Zoom webinar to mark the 150th anniversary of ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Panelists:
James L. Leloudis - Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and co-chair of the UNC Commission on History, Race, and a Way Forward
Allison Riggs - Interim Executive Director and Chief Counsel, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Theodore M. Shaw - Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights at the University of North Carolina School of Law
Sponsored by the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition, Orange County Department of Human Rights and Relations, NAACP
North Carolina’s Ongoing Struggle Over Voting Rights
Since the end of the Civil War, the United States has been battling over who is allowed to participate in our democracy and how they are allowed to do it. In many ways, North Carolina is the epicenter of the struggle. Join the authors with Mike Collins, host of Charlotte Talks, WFAE 90.7 FM.