Race

Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a Union general arrived in Texas, accompanied by 2,000 troops, and delivered the news that all enslaved Black people in the state were free. That was June 19, 1865, and on its one-year anniversary, the very first Juneteenth celebrations took place there.

In this episode of "Let's Talk About It," Dialogue Company founder David Campt and WFDD reporter David Ford discuss the wide-ranging perceptions people have about Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, and how we reflect on it.

An effort to preserve Black history is underway in Greensboro. South Benbow Road residents want their neighborhood included on the National Register of Historic Places

The town of Sedalia in Guilford County may be small, but it has an outsized impact when it comes to its educational legacy.

There are several historical claims as to who invented turn signals, but their origin might be traced back to a Black man from eastern North Carolina whose achievement was overlooked by the history books.

Today's episode of Let's Talk About It tackles the thorny