In honor of Rosa Parks' birthday, Feb. 4, Wave Transit in Wilmington, North Carolina reserved a seat through Feb. 6 in the front of the bus in remembrance of her contribution to the Civil Rights Movement. The seat contained a placard describing Park’s role in desegregating public transportation.
Kiley Woods, Contributing Writer
• February 12, 2021
This article was updated on Feb. 13 2021 to include a link to the donation fund started by the Arts Council of Wilmington and New Hanover County.
On Feb. 1, 1960, a man from Wilmington named Major General...
On Jan. 23, UNC Wilmington hosted a commemoration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The keynote speaker for this gathering was Susan Taylor, the former editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, a publication...
Fairley Lloyd, Assistant News Editor
• February 14, 2019
“What is the geography inside of us? What are the containers we are writing out of or building art from inside of us?”
North Carolina Poet Laureate Jacki Shelton Green spoke on Wednesday at UNC...
![A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. graces the east mall of the University of Texas in Austin. On Monday, people will gather in honor of King's birthday. [RALPH BARRERA/AMERICAN-STATESMAN]](https://theseahawk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/US-NEWS-MARTIN-LUTHER-KING-JR.-EVENTS-OH-900x659.jpg)
