Valerie P. Foushee, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:22:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png Valerie P. Foushee, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com 32 32 210991526 Say His Name: James Cates https://www.theassemblync.com/essays/say-his-name-james-cates/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 16:22:19 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2021/06/13/say-his-name-james-cates/ A murder 50 years ago rattled Chapel Hill’s Black community, laying bare the college town’s persistent inequality. As the university renames a slate of buildings on campus, it’s time for its historical reckoning to expand to its relationship with the town around it.]]>

A murder 50 years ago rattled Chapel Hill’s Black community, laying bare the college town’s persistent inequality. As the university renames a slate of buildings on campus, it’s time for its historical reckoning to expand to its relationship with the town around it.

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