Former Judge Thomas Ruffin’s portrait has been removed from Orange County’s historic courthouse in Hillsborough after Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Carl Fox asked the county last week to remove it. According to reports the request was due to Ruffin’s racist past and his participation in slave trading and slave ownership. Read more at source […]
The Hillsborough community came together Saturday afternoon for the March Against White Supremacy. Hundreds of people gathered at the Old Slave Cemetery ready to march and make a statement. City officials were not exactly what size the crowd would be, it was estimated that about 700 people began the walk from the Cemetery to the Courthouse. The […]
The sign read: “Burn a Confederate flag, get free chocolate.” Matthew Shepherd, the owner of a Hillsborough chocolate shop said he has been receiving death threats ever since he placed a controversial sign in front of his store. Matthew Shepherd told ABC11 that a group of men waving a Confederate battle flag stood steps away […]
