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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Readers, writers and families gathered inside the historic Second Ward Gymnasium on Saturday as the fourth annual Charlotte African American Book Festival returned to the Queen City, transforming the venue into a vibrant celebration of Black literature, […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer For generations, municipal elections in the state’s smaller towns have operated on a simple premise: neighbors voting for neighbors based on local issues, free from the toxic polarization of national party politics. Senate Bill 876 […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Educator and civil rights advocate Rose Butler Browne played a key role in advancing educational access in North Carolina and across the United States during the 20th century. Born in Boston in 1897, Browne was […]

Columbia, S.C. – Logan Wells, a rising senior from Columbia, South Carolina, has been crowned Miss South Carolina’s Teen, becoming just the second African American woman to earn the title in the past 24 years. Her historic victory follows the […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Community members, county officials and local treatment providers gathered Wednesday morning at the McKimmon Center at NC State University for Wake County’s annual opioid settlement community meeting, an event meant to both report back on […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Lillington, NC –  Driving meaningful change requires both a deep commitment to the community and a willingness to evolve. That spirit of enduring dedication and forward momentum was on full display at the latest board […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) is financially restructuring as the Raleigh-based historically Black university appears in federal bankruptcy court on Tuesday for a formal Chapter 11 hearing tied to its ongoing effort to stabilize operations amid […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Greensboro, NC – “The civil rights movement won the right to sit at this lunch counter, but the challenge of the 21st century is ownership of the lunch counter.” This striking sentiment captured the foundational […]

By Judaea Ingram Special To The Carolinian PEMBROKE, N.C. – Thousands of Lumbee citizens and visitors from across North Carolina and beyond are returning to Pembroke this week as the 57th Annual Lumbee Homecoming transforms the community into a celebration […]

  By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh, NC – The Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) program works to increase the number and types of businesses competing for state contracts, helping the government get the best value for taxpayer dollars. The HUB […]