America was born out of violence in a battle against taxation without representation. After winning a bloody eight-year war against Great Britain, Americans created the first modern constitutional democracy.
Mar 10, 2021
49 min
Former First Lady Michelle Obama. Comedian Chris Rock. Basketball superstar Michael Jordan. The Godfather of Soul James Brown. These are just a few of the well-known Americans who are descendants of the Gullah Geechee people.
Mar 1, 2021
49 min
The Creekwood community in Wilmington, a housing project often referred to as part of the inner city, is still somewhat isolated.
Feb 23, 2021
49 min
Imagine having a brother who is addicted heroin. He keeps winding up in prison. You're younger, but you know better. And so you build your life without him.
Feb 15, 2021
49 min
The Wilmington Ten: nine men and one woman – wrongly accused and convicted of arson and conspiracy. Each of the ten serving substantial prison time for crimes they did not commit. The nine men were African-American. The woman was white. The violence that erupted in Wilmington fifty years ago, in early February 1971, was fomented by racial tension, desegregation, and active white supremacist groups facing off against black activists who were demanding equal rights and equal educational
Feb 4, 2021
49 min
When you first heard about a horde of protestors storming the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, who did you believe was responsible? Has the responsible party changed in your mind since you first heard the news?
Jan 27, 2021
49 min
It’s a special holiday edition of CoastLine with two original stories of the season. Zelda Lockhart is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Creative Writing Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the 2010 winner of the Piedmont Laureate for Literature. And she is the author of three novels, including Fifth Born and Fifth Born 2: The Hundredth Turtle . Fifth Born tells the story of Odessa Blackburn in St. Louis Missouri and rural Mississippi. She loses her grandmother
Dec 16, 2020
51 min
Sheila Boles played for the first women’s basketball team at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She won the first women’s basketball scholarship the next year, and she became the team’s first MVP.
Dec 11, 2020
49 min
The debate over reparations for African-Americans, descendants of those brought to the United States as enslaved people, has existed since the very end of the Civil War. It’s taken various forms ranging from the idea of 40 acres and a mule to monetary payments. But from 1861 to 2020, the idea has never gained serious traction in state legislatures or on Capitol Hill.
Dec 3, 2020
49 min
During the pandemic of 2020, parents are working from home, many people have lost their jobs, and business owners and employees are wondering how they’ll get their financial heads above water again. Anxiety about venturing out plagues those who are more vulnerable, and those who are vigilant about mask-wearing are bothered by those who are not.
Nov 24, 2020
49 min
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