WRAL Documentary’s most recent project is Ghosts in the Stadium, a historical documentary that explores the unknown past of four iconic football stadiums in the Carolinas and their connection to history. painful history of race relations in the United States. “When Chris proposed a collaboration between WRAL Doc and WRAL Sports, I had no idea what secrets we would uncover at these locations,” Severance said. “It’s important to tell these stories because they are true. Even though some of these events happened more than 100 years ago, their effects are still felt today.”

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Severance, Lea and WRAL documentary photojournalist Dwayne Myers traveled across North and South Carolina and explored the history behind Kenan Stadium at UNC Chapel Hill, Carter-Finley Stadium at NC State, Bank of America in Charlotte and Memorial Stadium at Clemson University. Stadiums are built to bring people together. While these four sports complexes exist on sites of violence against black people, burial sites of former slaves, and black communities displaced by progress, unity of sports has the opportunity to honor citizens forgotten by the existence of these monumental structures. “Some people think these painful histories only divide us further. That’s wrong,” said WRAL Sports Anchor Chris Lea. “Knowing the true local American history that has shaped our communities helps us understand and empathize with each other, and also begins the healing process so that we can move forward together.” front,” Lea said.