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The changes go into effect next week.

/ The Charlotte City Council on Monday night unanimously approved a recommendation to rename streets that honor Confederate soldiers, segregationists or people who played a prominent role in advancing white supremacy. Streets that could be renamed include Stonewall Street and West Hill Street uptown and Morrison Boulevard in south Charlotte. #CLTCC has unanimously voted to approve recommendations to rename streets that honor Confederate soldiers, segregationists or figures who played a prominen...

Posted on Credit: Ehre Lab, UNC School of Medicine If you or a loved one have come down with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, you know it often takes hold in the respiratory system. This image offers a striking example of exactly what happens to cells in the human airway when this coronavirus infects them. This colorized scanning electron microscope (SEM) image shows SARS-CoV-2-infected human lung cells (purple) covered in hair-like cilia (b...

Charlotte Considers Re-Naming Streets Tied To White Supremacy, Slave-Owners & Confederacy December 11, 2020 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – William Phifer owned approximately 28 enslaved people. He was one of the two largest slave owners in Charlotte. Today, Phifer Street in Uptown is named for him. Charles Aycock served as North Carolina’s 50th governor. He is also remembered as the primary architect of the state’s white supremacy movement. Aycock Lane, just south of Dilworth, is likely named for him....