race relations

Education

Forsyth County high schoolers share their thoughts on race relations in school

4:05pm September 29, 2023

Fourteen students from Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools gathered in the Parkland High School media center Thursday evening for the city's annual High School Race Relations Forum.

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News

Greensboro Makes Juneteenth A Paid Holiday For City Employees

4:27pm July 22, 2020

by April Laissle

Greensboro's city council unanimously voted Tuesday night to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for city employees starting next year.

Race
Crime

Attorney Says Black Winston-Salem Man Was Assaulted During Cooks Flea Market Arrest

6:25pm July 01, 2020

by April Laissle

A Winston-Salem attorney for a man whose arrest sparked outrage online says police clearly used excessive force against his client.

Race
Crime

Sheriff Kimbrough Responds To Excessive Force Allegations

4:40pm June 29, 2020

by David Ford

The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office is responding to allegations that an officer used excessive force against a black man during an incident over the weekend.

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President Donald Trump condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists in remarks about the Charlottesville, Va. rally at the White House on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. He later undercut these remarks by blaming "both sides" for the violence at the rally.

Politics & Government

A Year After Charlottesville, Not Much Has Changed For Trump

8:32am August 11, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

President Trump's response to the Charlottesville rally drew sharp criticism from his own party, but the backlash from Republican leaders was short-lived.

American gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos raise their fists in the air in a black power salute during the playing of the U.S. national anthem at the 1968 Olympics.

Trump, The NFL And The Powder Keg History Of Race, Sports And Politics

4:26pm September 25, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

President Trump says his calling for the firing of NFL players who don't stand for the national anthem isn't about race. But the protests are about racial justice, which has a long history in sports.

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Institute of Politics.

'His Ideology Is White Supremacy': Ta-Nehisi Coates On Donald Trump

3:18pm September 07, 2017

by Jeffrey Pierre

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to writer Ta-Nehisi Coates about his cover story in The Atlantic magazine about Donald Trump, and how voters reacted to the first African-American president.

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Race
News

Report Highlights Range Of Inequities For Black Winston-Salem Residents

5:07pm July 18, 2017

by Eddie Garcia

A new study is highlighting inequities between black and white residents in the Triad.

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Writer James Baldwin at home in Saint Paul de Vence, South of France, in 1985.

Did I Get James Baldwin Wrong?

6:04pm February 05, 2017

by Stephen Casmier

The new film I Am Not Your Negro paints a picture of the prophetic writer's racial outlook that challenges the feeling of hope I once found in his words.

Supporters react on the National Mall to the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.

As Trump Is Sworn In, Supporters Debate His Role In Healing Racial Wounds

8:26pm January 20, 2017

Fans of the new president say he could do some good in improving race relations in America. But they say the solution can't be left to him alone.