Throughout his life, Richard McGough has been a tireless proponent of civil rights who uses his remarkable skills to free the wrongfully convicted and incarcerated. He wa[...]

“I love the idea of holding people accountable who abuse those of less power.” These words are spoken by Mona Lisa Wallace, attorney extraordinaire, fighter for justi[...]

Born on June 28, 1955, Mark Rabil grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He attended Davidson College and upon graduation made the key decision to become a lawyer. In [...]

Linda Sutton was born on March 17, 1950 in Winston-Salem, NC. Attending segregated schools, she graduated from Atkins High School in 1968. Raised in a church-going and cl[...]

Phoebe Zerwick was born on May 3, 1960 in New York City. Zerwick grew up in a politically progressive family during the turbulent sixties. She excelled in school and atte[...]

Reverend Willard Bass was born and raised in Fayetteville, NC, the son of a career soldier. Growing up in the Jim Crow South he was exposed from early on to the daily pai[...]

Jasper Brown was born in Columbia, SC in 1946, and grew up under the full oppression of Jim Crow. He attended all-segregated schools and did well academically, while also[...]

Reverend Frank Dew was born in Raleigh, NC and grew up in Lumberton, in the southeastern part of the state. As a White person growing up during the Jim Crow era, he witne[...]

John Mendez was born in New York City on January 7, 1948. He was educated in the NYC public schools. Like many other African-American youth he was placed in a lower acade[...]

This interview features Afrique Kilimanjaro, the current managing editor of the Carolina Peacemaker (One of Greensboro's oldest black newspapers) and daughter of its foun[...]