Racial equality

UNC Law alumni, faculty and the Allen family pay tribute to Sylvia Allen’s legacy.

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. | this show with a donation at wunc.org/give.

The promise of “40 acres and a mule” 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 — one kept, one broken — that helps explain the existing wealth gap between Black and white Americans. | Episode discussion guides for this series available at waysandmeansshow.org.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

About one out of ten black students in Wake County’s Public Schools were suspended last school year, according to an annual report presented to Wake…

A coalition of students, parents and community organizers is calling on Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools to close the achievement gap between minority…