James Lewis Cates Jr. was among those attending an all-night dance in the Carolina Student Union at UNC the night of November 21, 1970. While the event aimed to improve race relations in the Chapel Hill community, it turned tragic after a white supremacist motorcycle gang called the Storm Troopers arrived and got into a fight with Black attendees. (Chapelboro.com) Carolina For The Kids hosts first in-person Dance Marathon since 2019
Colored chalk powder filled the air at Hooker Fields around midnight as participants danced for 12 hours straight, all while raising $288,306.
DOJ Opens Investigation Into 50-Year-Old Murder of Chapel Hill’s James Cates
