Leoneda Inge
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Durham, NC, United States
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Emmett Till and the 1955 warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham's arrest
In August 1955, Chicago teenager Emmett Till died a gruesome death. The Black boy was lynched, while visiting family in Mississippi. No one has ever been convicted of the crime, but an unserved warrant was recently discovered for Carolyn Bryant Donham. → Read More
Remembering 'No Justice, No Peace' in 2021
WUNC's Race and Southern Culture Reporter Leoneda Inge reflects on the past year, and the standout moments and people who fought against injustice in North Carolina. → Read More
NC prisoner dies from coronavirus; weekend COVID-19 cases reach daily record
The state Department of Health and Human Services reported 19,620 positive cases on Saturday — the third record day-over-day increase for the pandemic last week. → Read More
Speaking Out For Workers’ Rights
For workers across the country, the pandemic has brought to the surface longstanding issues around lack of stability and support in the workplace. Earlier → Read More
Need A Trim? Personal Grooming Businesses Ready For Customers
A lot of people across North Carolina were out and about over the Memorial Day weekend as more state restrictions on where you can go and what you can do → Read More
Black Funerals, COVID-19, And The Importance Of Saying Goodbye
North Carolina's stay-at-home order includes a prohibition on gatherings of more than 10 people. In Durham, that restriction is no more than five people. → Read More
Gotta Eat! Grocery Shopping In The Midst Of Coronavirus
As more people adhere to social distancing guidelines, there's one truly essential place where it's tougher to follow the rules: The grocery store. The → Read More
Exonerated Members Of 'Central Park Five' To Speak At Duke
Two exonerated members of what was known as the "Central Park Five," will speak at Duke University Monday night. The detailed story of the "Central Park → Read More
Dreamville Music Festival To Take Over Raleigh's Dorothea Dix Park
Some 40,000 people are expected to gather in Raleigh on Saturday for the chance to inhabit a one-of-a-kind music and cultural world – Dreamville. → Read More
NCCU Heads To Quiz Bowl National Competition In California
For 30 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities have gone head-to-head in a special competition to prove who can answer tough questions quick → Read More
Chapel Hill Nine To Get Marker On Franklin Street
You may have heard of the four college students in Greensboro, North Carolina who sat at a segregated lunch counter at a Woolworth's and helped spark the → Read More
Huge Confederate Flag Spurs Debate And Public Hearing
Residents of Orange County will get the chance to speak out on plans to clarify regulations on flags and flagpoles. The debate centers around the flying of → Read More
Honduran Woman Seeks Sanctuary In Chapel Hill Church
A Honduran woman living in the U.S. illegally has taken sanctuary in a Chapel Hill church in order to avoid deportation. → Read More
North Carolina Marks Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death, 50 Years Later
Today marks the 50 th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and many people across the Tar Heel state are remembering the civil rights → Read More
"Dolores" Documentary Highlights The Fight For Farmworkers Rights
A documentary about the little-known woman who co-founded the first farmworkers unions is being shown tonight in Raleigh. Many people have heard of Cesar → Read More
Most People At Raleigh Public Hearing Want To Keep Confederate Monuments
People from across North Carolina got the chance to speak out on the fate of the confederate monuments on the Raleigh state capitol grounds. A special → Read More
Member Of All Black Female WWII Battalion Dies
Millie Dunn Veasey, a Raleigh native believed to be one of the last living African-American women to serve overseas during World War II, has died. She was → Read More
African Inspired Fashion All The Rage At "Black Panther" Opening Weekend
You can count on comic book superfans to dress-up like their favorite characters for a big movie premiere. But the opening weekend of "Black Panther" has → Read More
Member Of All Black Female WWII Battalion Turns 100
The birthday celebrations continue for Millie Dunn Veasey of Raleigh, North Carolina. On January 31, the World War II veteran turned 100 years old. → Read More
Hungry Harvest Expands Ugly Food Movement To The Triangle
A new food delivery service in the Raleigh-Durham area specializes in distributing fruits and vegetables with cosmetic imperfections. Evan Lutz is the CEO → Read More