"You will hear stories from the massa himself who is now living in the woods,” the since-deleted post read about the planned Juneteenth event. A historic plantation in North Carolina is under ...
Latta Place is 16-acre historic site that’s closed while Mecklenburg County works to redesign the property. Mecklenburg County’s plan to fund the restoration of a former slave plantation as an ...
BRIANA: FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THE TIME SET ASIDE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PEOPLE AND EVENTS NOT OFTEN INCLUDED IN THE HISTORY BOOKS. KENNY: SOME OF THAT HISTORY INCLUDES SLAVERY. WANDA ...
Descendants of slaves removed from Africa to clear swamps for a North Carolina plantation are holding a reunion at the site, with some spending the night in a reconstructed slave cabin. About 40 ...
Owners of the Latta Plantation in Huntersville, North Carolina faced a rude awakening this week when members of the public called out their planned Juneteenth event. Coinciding with the holiday that ...
A North Carolina Plantation canceled an event that would have told the stories of displaced "white refugees" on Juneteenth after backlash, The Washington Post reported. June 19th, or Juneteenth, is ...
"The event was canceled due to security concerns for volunteers and staff. The media’s corps of yellow journalist had a perfect opportunity to educate, however, they chose to whip the public into a ...
A racist event description, promising to tell the story of “white refugees” and defeated Confederate soldiers, was abruptly removed Friday by the Historic Latta Plantation after backlash. On its ...