Browning banana peels, decaying fishbones, crumbling pizza crusts. These ingredients may not seem appetizing to most, but to seedlings hungry for fertile soil, they’re the…
9th Street Journal
Oval Drive Park is quiet in the early morning sun on July Fourth. The north half of the park spans the block between West Club…
A cluster of bee-curious adults and children lick luscious drops of golden honey off their knuckles. At a craft table nearby, crowds of young kids—dressed…
Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray wore many robes. Murray was an activist—a poet-turned-lawyer-turned-priest. She was a Durhamite—a child who grew up wandering the West End. She…
In the 20 years since Archie Smith III took over as Durham County Clerk of the Superior Court, he has seen much change. The Durham…
The sunset is hazy above the downtown skyline, and the heat still beats down on the asphalt street. The humidity isn’t choking, as it usually…
Like any North Carolina barbecue connoisseur, Nelson Lee has a strong opinion on the eastern versus western-style debate. “Eastern,” he says without hesitation, raising his…
The Union soldiers had come down Old Oxford Road, chasing Confederate soldiers out of Stagville Plantation. They arrived at Stagville’s Horton Grove, which at the…
On a Monday evening, Hayti residents, community leaders and city representatives file into the Monument of Faith Church sanctuary. The room bustles with anticipation as…
The Greensboro sit-in of 1960 is famous, celebrated in museums and history books. Yet three years earlier, a group of seven young activists sparked the…