Joe Killian, Author at The Assembly NC

Revisiting the Greensboro Massacre 45 Years Later

Rev. Nelson Johnson and his wife, Joyce, stand beside a historical marker for the Greensboro Massacre in Greensboro in August 2017. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

“The relevance is not just timely but timeless,” says the author of a new book about the Greensboro Massacre.

Mark Robinson and the Suspension of Disbelief

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has written a lot about his longtime love of professional wrestling. (Illustration by Nicole Moore; Photo by Peyton Sickles)

Professional wrestling explains much of what you need to know about the Republican gubernatorial candidate’s political rise and fall.

An Abiding Robinson Mystery: What’s a ‘Minisoldr’?

Photo illustration by Kyle Constable. Image credit AP Photo/Chuck Burton.

Many are wondering what the handle tied to Republican candidate Mark Robinson refers to. We attempted to figure it out.

Postmark Greensboro: A Historic Transit Hub Could Be Key to Downtown’s Next Chapter

This 1935 postcard shows off the Southern Railway Passenger Station (now the J. Douglas Galyon Depot) on E. Washington Street. When it was built in 1927, it was one of the East Coast's largest and most grand railway stations.

Greensboro’s Southern Railway Passenger Station was one of the grandest on the East Coast. Nearly 100 years later, it could play a pivotal role in the future.

Postmark Greensboro: A Tale of Two O. Henry Hotels

The original O. Henry Hotel, opened in 1919 at the corner of Bellemeade and N. Elm Streets in downtown Greensboro. By the time this card was sent in 1942, it was a city landmark.

Two landmark hotels in Greensboro took their name from the city’s greatest storyteller. Separated by decades, each carried on his romantic Bohemian legacy.

Back in the Game

Former Greensboro Mayor Robbie Perkins, the first candidate to announce he's running for mayor in 2025.

Former Mayor Robbie Perkins says Greensboro needs a strong leader. More than a decade after leaving council, Perkins says he’s the man for the job.

Postmark Greensboro: UNCG, Then and Now

The Julius I. Foust Building seen from a postcard sent in 1912. The schools was known at that time as the State Normal and Industrial College.

Charles Duncan McIver founded what would become UNC-Greensboro in 1891, expanding access to higher education and changing the face of public education in North Carolina.

Downtown Development and A Center for the Unhoused Collide

An unhoused woman sleeps outside the Interactive Resource Center on E. Washington Street. The center, overwhelmed by demand, is at the center of a community controversy that features tension over downtown development and how best to help the city's homeless population. (Joe Killian for The Assembly)

Greensboro’s Interactive Resource Center has served people experiencing homelessness for 15 years. But increased demand and an expanding urban core have put the organization at the center of a fight.