by Elizabeth Green | Aug 14, 2019 | History
I have to start by confessing my own ignorance. For someone who considers herself an ally to people of color and a cheerleader for their prosperity and success, I’ve willfully been blind to this topic of segregation in our city. Maybe not in a general sense – It isn’t...
by Logan Philon | Mar 16, 2019 | History
If you have read any of our posts thus far, you are aware that Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the hardest city in which to escape child poverty in the United States, with the exception of just a few Indian Reservations.¹ In addition, Winston-Salem has...
by Logan Philon | Mar 7, 2019 | History
How did Winston-Salem become the hardest city in which to escape child poverty in the United States? A month ago, in our blog post “How Did We Get Here? Pt. 1,” we explained the Harvard study that places Winston-Salem at the bottom of the charts for economic mobility....
by Logan Philon | Feb 28, 2019 | History
On May 14th, 1954, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled the segregation of public schools unconstitutional.¹ On July 2nd, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.² Centuries of institutional marginalization and legalized discrimination...
by Logan Philon | Feb 6, 2019 | History
How Did We Get Here? By Logan Philon | February 6th, 2019 Winston-Salem is the hardest city in the United States in which to escape child poverty, with the exception of a few Indian Reservations.¹ Nearly everyone is shocked when they first learn this startling fact,...
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