Due South

NC A&T professor’s TikTok unintentionally launched ‘HillmanTok;’ what's next for a NC Confederate monument?


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Edenton’s Confederate monument still stands, two years after a vote to take it down
A deal to move a Confederate monument in front of the Edenton Town Council fell through. What’s next for the statue, and the lawsuits over its position.
Mechelle Hankerson, News Director at WHRO Public Media 

In “Confederates,” Black women in two eras face the same challenges
Playmakers Repertory Company is staging a new production of Dominique Morrisseau’s satirical drama, Confederates. Leoneda Inge sits down with the director and a principal actor from the play to talk through its themes of race, gender and social empowerment.   Mengwe Wapimewah, actor, Confederates, PlayMakers Repertory Company   Christopher Windom, director, Confederates, PlayMakers Repertory Company  

‘HillmanTok’ online university inspired by NC A&T professor’s TikTok 
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University professor Leah Barlow didn’t set out to inspire the creation of a free, online curated set of lectures called “HillmanTok.” But her TikTok video that helped launch the virtual university  -- named after Hillman College from the TV show “A Different World” -- has now reached 4.5 million views. Barlow talks with Leoneda Inge about why her video resonated for so many in this political moment. 
Leah Barlow, liberal studies professor at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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