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A speaker addresses the crowd of Pride and Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Raleigh Police Downtown District building on Cabarrus St. in Raleigh, N.C. on Sunday, June 28, 2020.

OPINION: DA must explain and reduce charges on Wilmington protesters

Michael Friant, Contributing Writer June 18, 2021
Although the DA’s office mysteriously dropped the charges, psychologically they won their case. This is because they made him an example of what they could do to future protesters. Any protesters familiar with his case will have second thoughts about whether to protest due to the simple fact that they might end up having to deal with legal consequences. Unfortunately, in many cases, these protesters will probably not protest in the future, which means David effectively silenced future demonstrations.
LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021).

REVIEW: “Judas & the Black Messiah” is masterfully executed, timely and liberating

Boyce Rucker, Contributing Writer February 15, 2021

Although historical biopics serve as a retelling of history’s brightest or darkest moments, they also serve as a message that not much has changed in the present day. Released on Feb. 12, 2021, to theaters...

UNCW hosts a viewing of Wilmington on Fire, a documentary on the Massacre of 1898

UNCW hosts a viewing of “Wilmington on Fire”, a documentary on the Massacre of 1898

Cierra Noffke, Culture Editor September 13, 2020

Five minutes to 7:00 pm, cars were lined up outside the Sarah Kenan Auditorium at UNCW on September 11—a full hour early to a drive-in viewing of “Wilmington on Fire”, a documentary about The Massacre...

People march in support of Jacob Blake and his family to the Kenosha County Courthouse on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Blake was shot seven times in the back in front of his three children by a police officer in Kenosha. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

The commonality of racial injustice

Kiley Woods, Contributing Writer September 4, 2020

During the summer of 2020, global protests surrounding racial injustice soared in the U.S alongside the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.   Throughout history, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr....

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