Henry McKoy, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/henry-mckoy/ North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:22:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png Henry McKoy, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/henry-mckoy/ 32 32 210991526 Beyond Juneteenth https://www.theassemblync.com/essays/haytibeyond-juneteenth/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:00:25 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2022/06/16/beyond-juneteenth/ One hundred and fifty-six years after the first official celebration of Juneteenth, the question remains whether Black Americans can have full freedom without economic emancipation. The fight over the future of Durham’s historic Hayti neighborhood tells that story.]]>

One hundred and fifty-six years after the first official celebration of Juneteenth, the question remains whether Black Americans can have full freedom without economic emancipation. The fight over the future of Durham’s historic Hayti neighborhood tells that story.

]]> 26 How the Fall of NC Mutual Hurt Black America https://www.theassemblync.com/business/how-the-fall-of-nc-mutual-hurt-black-america/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:16:17 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2022/01/20/how-the-fall-of-nc-mutual-hurt-black-america/ The last remaining Black insurance firm in the U.S., which is based in downtown Durham, will disappear this year. Its demise reflects the decline of an era of Black capitalism that supported African-American upward mobility.]]>

The last remaining Black insurance firm in the U.S., which is based in downtown Durham, will disappear this year. Its demise reflects the decline of an era of Black capitalism that supported African-American upward mobility.

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