Written by: Eliza Benbow

Community preserves legacy of Pauli Murray in Durham and beyond

By Eliza Benbow

January 4, 2024

Pauli Murray is known nationally as a Black and LGBTQ+ civil rights activist, writer, teacher and Episcopal priest. But to Karen Ross, the founder and president of the Pauli Murray Foundation, Murray was family. Ross, the great niece of Murray, has been working since 2012 to provide students involved in their own activism with scholarship […]

Candidates endorsed by DCABP move forward in the Durham primary elections

By Eliza Benbow

October 17, 2023

After a tumultuous year for the Durham City Council, the Political Action Committee for the Durham Committee for the Affairs of Black People, or DCABP, sought to endorse candidates that they believed would take a holistic approach to the city’s growth. Cassandra Stokes, the political action committee chair for the DCABP, said they chose candidates […]