/tags/racial-equality Racial equality en-US Copyright Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:59:28 GMT /education/2022-11-07/unc-school-of-law-honors-its-first-black-female-graduate-with-portrait UNC Law alumni, faculty and the Allen family pay tribute to Sylvia Allen鈥檚 legacy. Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:59:28 GMT /education/2022-11-07/unc-school-of-law-honors-its-first-black-female-graduate-with-portrait Sharryse Piggott /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/a-tale-of-two-cities Home ownership played an important role in how many Americans built wealth in the 20th century. Yet, Black Americans faced significant obstacles on the path to owning a home in the same time period. In this episode, how U.S. government policies promoted residential segregation and destroyed African-American neighborhoods in the process. | Support this show with a donation at wunc.org/give. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:15:02 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/a-tale-of-two-cities /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/this-land-is-my-land The promise of 鈥�40 acres and a mule鈥� officially was made in 1865 when the U.S. government decided that newly freed African-Americans should have a plot of land to call their own. Three years earlier, when 90% of Black Americans still were enslaved, the federal government enacted the Homestead Act and started offering free 160-acre plots of land to settlers, mostly white Americans. A tale of two promises made by the government 鈥� one kept, one broken 鈥� that helps explain the existing wealth gap between Black and white Americans. | Episode discussion guides for this series available at waysandmeansshow.org. Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:00:59 GMT /podcast/ways-and-means-podcast/2021-09-10/this-land-is-my-land /race-demographics/2020-06-11/q-a-dem-reps-jackson-and-reives-on-racial-inequalities-in-nc It's now been more than two weeks since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Protests around the world and across our state have鈥� Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:10:58 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-11/q-a-dem-reps-jackson-and-reives-on-racial-inequalities-in-nc Jeff Tiberii /law/2019-01-30/why-are-more-african-americans-charged-with-resisting-arrest-in-asheville African-Americans in Asheville are far more likely to be charged with resisting an officer during a police encounter than white people. A five-year鈥� Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:55:18 GMT /law/2019-01-30/why-are-more-african-americans-charged-with-resisting-arrest-in-asheville Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-30/why-are-more-african-americans-charged-with-resisting-arrest-in-asheville African-Americans in Asheville are far more likely to be charged with resisting an officer during a police encounter than white people. A five-year鈥� Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:55:18 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-30/why-are-more-african-americans-charged-with-resisting-arrest-in-asheville Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-07-06/hope-draped-in-black For some, the election of America's first black president marked the victory of a long-fought struggle for racial equality.But the a new book by Duke鈥� Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:11:32 GMT /arts-culture/2016-07-06/hope-draped-in-black Frank Stasio, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-06/hope-draped-in-black For some, the election of America's first black president marked the victory of a long-fought struggle for racial equality.But the a new book by Duke鈥� Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:11:32 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-07-06/hope-draped-in-black Frank Stasio, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /education/2016-02-17/report-wake-county-schools-suspended-1-in-10-black-students-last-year About one out of ten black students in Wake County鈥檚 Public Schools were suspended last school year, according to an annual report presented to Wake鈥� Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:42:21 GMT /education/2016-02-17/report-wake-county-schools-suspended-1-in-10-black-students-last-year Reema Khrais /education/2015-10-30/advocates-call-for-end-to-achievement-gap-in-chapel-hill-carrboro-schools A coalition of students, parents and community organizers is calling on Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools to close the achievement gap between minority鈥� Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:15:29 GMT /education/2015-10-30/advocates-call-for-end-to-achievement-gap-in-chapel-hill-carrboro-schools Reema Khrais