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Essential race agenda no match for civil rights legacy | Editorial Columnists
One of the great legacies of North Carolina and our nation's history was the explosion of the American civil rights movement.As the leader of this movement, Martin Luther King Jr. repeatedly appealed to our…
Editorial: It’s time for paid family depart
President Joe Biden's American family plan contains a long list of potential investments to revitalize the country, but one proposal in particular is long overdue: paid family vacation.
Without federal paid…
Editorial: A forgotten determine in Virginia’s civil rights historical past | Editorial
John's name didn't appear in the Roanoke Times until 1994 - three years after her death. The occasion was then stories about the 40th anniversary of the Brown decision that year. It was apparently these memories that brought Johns to…
Editorial: Olympic gold medalist and civil rights pioneer from Botetourt wants a historic marker |…
After the war, Lee hoped to go to West Point, but the academy then accepted only a few black applicants. He ended up at Howard University in Washington, DC. He tried to join the university's boxing team, but the coach was skeptical of a…