A new one-man show celebrates NC's Black veterans

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A new one-man show celebrates NC's Black veterans

By Leoneda Inge,

Published February 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM EST

Scholar and performer Sonny Kelly recounts the story of Private Booker T. Spicely during a performance at North Carolina Central University of 鈥淭he Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC Black Veterans.鈥�

Dr. Sonny Kelly鈥檚 one-man show, "The Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC Black Veterans," is his most recent effort to preserve, and popularize, the history of Black North Carolinians.

Kelly's list of upcoming performances is .

Guest:
Sonny Kelly, Phd., actor and instructor of Communication at Fayetteville Technical Community College

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 深夜福利's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 深夜福利 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 深夜福利, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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