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Lt. Frank J. Crawford of Detroit, Michigan, as the Regimental plans and training officer, is giving his men instructions in combat maneuvers.

This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England

4:38pm June 21, 2023

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.

Race

New app brings High Point history to life for tourists

4:25pm February 27, 2023

by David Ford

A new app that leads listeners on a walking tour is bringing the history of High Point’s Washington Street to life for tourists in the area.

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Black Marines from High Point honored for service and breaking racial barriers

5:09pm February 16, 2023

by David Ford

This month, five Marines from High Point will be recognized by the city council and a local museum for their service, and for their roles in breaking the race barrier in the military.

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The Montpelier Station railroad depot was built in 1910. The U.S. Postal Service has closed the small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside the depot, which also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

National

A post office closes over an historic exhibit showing signs for 'White' and 'Colored'

4:38pm August 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. Postal Service has closed a small Virginia post office over concerns about its location inside a historic train depot that also serves as a museum about racial segregation.

Winston-Salem collecting oral histories, items to preserve Black heritage

2:14pm June 17, 2022

by Keri Brown

An initiative is underway in Winston-Salem to create a digital archive about African American heritage in the community. Oral histories are being collected to capture these stories.

Books

The Story Of J.P. Morgan's 'Personal Librarian' — And Why She Chose To Pass As White

6:16pm August 31, 2021

by Karen Grigsby Bates

For the Code Switch podcast, we talked to authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray to discuss The Personal Librarian — the fictionalized account of the very real Belle da Costa Greene.

Lucille Bridges, Mother Of Anti-Segregation Icon Ruby Bridges, Dies At 86

2:42pm November 11, 2020

by Scott Neuman

In 1960, she braved death threats and racial epithets to accompany her daughter to the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, desegregating the school.

Bombing victim Sarah Collins Rudolph, pictured in 2013, argues that Ku Klux Klan members who attacked the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963 were "inspired and motivated by then-Gov. [George] Wallace's racist rhetoric."

Alabama Gov. Apologizes To Surviving '5th Girl' Of 1963 KKK Bombing

9:08pm September 30, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"There should be no question that Ms. Collins Rudolph and the families of those who perished ... suffered an egregious injustice that has yielded untold pain and suffering over the ensuing decades."