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In the wake of Virginia governor Ralph Northam’s alleged blackface photos in his medical school yearbook, photos have surfaced of college students in blackface in a UNC-Chapel Hill yearbook from 1979. https://twitter.com/RaleighReporter/status/1093264208421158912 The pictures surfaced this week and featured members of Chi Phi Fraternity. The fraternity existed on Carolina’s campus before the Civil War and is […]
Taraji P Henson’s New Film “What Men Want” opens this weekend Black History Month Read-In at N.C. State Capitol State Capitol, 1 E. Edenton Street, Raleigh, on Saturday, February 9th, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This is a free event for the public. Hear the words and experiences of African-Americans echo through […]
Today, we recognize our Black History Month honoree, Kaz Muhammad, dean of students at Marie G. Davis School in Charlotte. The North Carolina Education Lottery is proud to honor educators in our community with “I Am Carolina’s Black History.” The North Carolina Education Lottery, over 6.24 billion dollars for education.
Durham police are investigating the shooting of a man who was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car. The shooting took place Thursday shortly after 7:30 p.m near Old Oxford Road and Hebron Road in Durham. Officers found a man inside a car in the 4300 block of N. Roxboro Road suffering from gunshot […]
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services so far for 2019 a total of 35 people in North Carolina have died from the flu this season. The numbers were released on February. 7, 2019. During the 2017 – 2018 flu season 391 flu deaths were reported. Read more more of the […]
Today, we recognize our Black History Month honoree, Tabari Wallace, 2018 North Carolina Principal of the Year and Principal of West Craven High School in Vanceboro. The North Carolina Education Lottery is proud to honor educators in our community with “I Am Carolina’s Black History.” The North Carolina Education Lottery, over 6.24 billion dollars for education.
NC’s need for elementary school teachers “is becoming increasingly problematic,” according to the state Department of Public Instruction. North Carolina public school teachers are not leaving their jobs in droves, but when they do leave, elementary schools are struggling the most to fill the empty teaching positions, according to a report shared with the State Board […]
Counselors will be on hand at Millbrook High School today after many students were informed of a classmates death due to overdose yesterday. Craig Holladay, father of Layton Holladay is heartbroken after he found his son dead inside their home following an apparent drug overdose overnight. Mr. Holladay say his 17-year-old son fought fiercely with […]
10-year-old Cub Scout Liam Holmes , took a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance in Durham, North Carolina ; while attending a City Council meeting. “What I did was took a knee against racial discrimination, which is basically when people are mean to other people of different colors,” Holmes told CNN. https://www.instagram.com/p/Btjjk2UAzMj/?hl=en In the interview they asked Liam’s […]
Court documents show Lee County investigators searched rehab home for women after a woman claimed patients inside the home were being mistreated. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report of a missing person on Dec. 8, from 257 Lakeview Drive in Sanford. Just about two hours later the missing woman showed up at […]