Samet Construction has been doing business in this part of North Carolina for many decades. It had won a contract recently for the demolition of the old Guilford County Jail in Greensboro and the construction of a new Sheriff’s Department headquarters. Some of the work already had been done. It […]
Category: Racial Identity Politics
Absence of Reporting on Al Sharpton’s Greensboro Visit
I had been scanning the websites of the News and Record, Triad City Beat, Yes!Weekly, WFMY, WGHP and even the Carolina Peacemaker over the last couple of days. I did not see even one story about Al Sharpton’s visit to Greensboro on Tuesday. Recall that he was to speak at […]
Al Sharpton in Greensboro: How My Cousin Handled Him
The Rhino Times reported yesterday that Al Sharpton was going to be in Greensboro today at the Civil Rights Museum. He was ostensibly to be there for a discussion about his book; but this was likely an opportunity for him to sell the book by building up the chatter about […]