This month, on the 40th anniversary of the environmental justice protests, Warren County residents are partnering with UNC's Wilson Library to commemorate their resistance with a photo exhibit.
Read More »On Aug. 20, Carrboro Mayor Damon Seils joined N.C. Rep. Graig Meyer, D-Caswell, Orange in presenting Frances Lloyd Shetley, now 95, with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, the highest award granted by the North Carolina governor for service to the state. Since she moved to Carrboro as a young woman, Shetley has played a leading role in transforming the town. “There’s nobody who could possibly be more deserving than Frances Shetley,” Carrboro Mayor Pro Tempore Susan Romaine said.
Read More »"Racist Roots" explores the origins of the modern death penalty, its use by English colonists, its role as a tool of intimidation against African slaves and its institutionalization during the Jim Crow era.
Read More »Starting April 22, the festival will include two nights of live music at several venues including Cat’s Cradle. In addition, there will be a virtual lecture on sneaker culture, an exhibition of hip-hop scholarship and a public mural. “When you think about chronicling the South, I don’t think you can do that without considering the hip-hop South,” Christopher Massenburg (also known as Dasan Ahanu), an adjunct professor at UNC and one of the festival co-curators, said.
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"House Us Now" demonstrators gathered at the Peace and Justice Plaza in downtown Chapel Hill on Saturday in hopes of constructing affordable housing units for people who make less than 30 percent of the area median income. In Chapel Hill, the AMI is about $22,500 per year.
Read More »In mid-March, Danita Mason-Hogans was selected by the Oral History Association to receive a $60,000 federal grant to study oral histories of local Black community members. The seventh-generation Chapel Hill native will use the funds for her project, “The Invisible Town: A Critical Oral History of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina."
Read More »Over $1 million in funding was approved by the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization board in early March for the construction of two new bike and pedestrian paths in Chapel Hill.
Read More »The updates will be made as part of NCDOT's WalkBikeNC, a bicycle and pedestrian plan which was last reevaluated and updated in 2013.
Read More »The Town of Carrboro is expected to contribute almost $8 million more than predicted in March 2021.
Read More »Members of The Daily Tar Heel's editing staff talk about what its been like covering COVID-19 over the past year as student journalists.
Hear how students are celebrating Valentine's Day this year from the editors of the Arts and Culture Desk. Video by Isaiah Dickerson, Gabriel Morrison and Daniella Escobar.
