Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is author of Strangers at My Door and co-author, with Rev. William J. Barber II, of the forthcoming book The Third
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Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is author of Strangers at My Door and co-author, with Rev. William J. Barber II, of the forthcoming book The Third
'The Best of Enemies' on Netflix tells a true story of NC history. What really happened? Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) Jul. 17—DURHAM — This story originally was published in 2019 when "The Best of Enemies" was released in theaters. It is now streaming on Netflix. "The Best of Enemies" film starring "Empire" star Taraji P. Henson and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell first debuted on April 5, 2019, but arrived on Netflix in July 2021. It tells the true story about a black woman and a white KKK leader in Durham who not only become friends, they chang...
Their hopes dashed by a Texas judge, immigrants living in churches wait for a reprieve Now that a Texas judge has barred part of President Biden's deportation moratorium, immigrants living in church sanctuary are searching for solutions. Thirty lawmakers want to help. Journalists and well-wishers in the church sanctuary movement surround Jose Chicas as he leaves sanctuary after three years and seven months on Jan. 22, 2021, in Raleigh, North Carolina. His wife, Sandra, drove him back to their home in Raleigh. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron January 29, 2021 She didn’t stay long. On...
(CNN) — A Salvadoran immigrant who spent more than three […]
North Carolina sanctuary: Jose Chicas leaves church grounds CNN 1/23/2021 By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN © Casey Toth/News Observer/ZUMA Wire Chicas began packing his belongings at the School for Conversion in Durham, North Carolina this week. He had lived in sanctuary there for three years and seven months and left on Friday, days after President Biden took office. A Salvadoran immigrant who spent more than three years in sanctuary on the grounds of a North Carolina church headed home on Friday. José Chicas, 55, says the Biden administration's new policies are giving hi...