Author: The Carolinian

Three men whose graves were found at the original site of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches were members of its congregation in the early 19th century, a team of archaeologists and scientists in Virginia announced Thursday. The First Baptist Church was formed in 1776 by free and enslaved Black people in Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. Members initially gathered in fields and under trees in defiance of laws that

Bass and Paul Robeson (1949) She was born on February 14, 1874 in Sumter, South Carolina. Charlotta was the sixth out of eleven children for Hiram and Kate Spears. In 1894, she moved to Providence, Rhode Island to live with her brother. There she worked for the  black owned Providence Watchman for ten years selling ads. In 1910, she relocated to California for health reasons. After John J. Neimore passed away, she

The Flood Group will present its Second Annual Image Awards on Sunday, February 26th at 3:00 p.m. at the John Chavis Community Center located at 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Raleigh. This event commemorates Black History Month and will honor exemplary individuals who have made notable contributions in the areas of community service, criminal justice and law, cultural arts, education, entrepreneurship, government service, leadership, medicine, and social advocacy.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will make history as the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress.  “We will make this commonwealth and this country a better place for everyone,” McClellan said in a victory speech at a party with supporters in

People who use Medicaid and have severe mental illness, substance use disorders or developmental disabilities soon might have to switch doctors if their health care providers don’t sign on with new managed care plans.   These providers include many of the state’s large health systems, major hospitals and their physicians’ offices. They have been slow to sign on to Medicaid managed care networks that the state calls “tailored plans.” These plans

By Will Bunch The rituals of death have become far too familiar at North Carolina State University this school year. The initial shock and pain of the campuswide “Wolf Alert” that yet another student has ended their young life by suicide. The message from the university chancellor attempting the impossible task of comforting classmates by acknowledging that this “hurts deeply and can seem overwhelming to cope with.” A reminder that

By Cash Michaels, Contributing Writer According to the “summary and interpretation” from the Office of the  Chief Medical Examiner, the cause of death of Rev. Dr. Theodore Anthony Spearman, former president of the North Carolina NAACP, “is attributed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound of the head resulting in significant internal injury involving the skull and brain matter. The summary continued, “a bullet associated with the firearm discharge involved was recovered

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history.  Built 25 years before the American Revolution, the original structure stood near the college campus of William & Mary. The pinewood building held as

WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Democrats now think one term is plenty for President Joe Biden, despite his insistence that he plans to seek reelection in 2024. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that shows just 37% of Democrats say they want him to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections. While Biden has trumpeted

NC American Chemical Society (ACS) Project SEED (Science Educational Experience for the Disadvantaged) is a cost-free, year-round science enrichment program for academically talented, economically disadvantaged students. The goal of the program is to motivate students whohaveaninterestinsciencetopursueterminaldegrees. NCACSProjectSEEDoffersa paid summer internship to selected students. First year students receive a $3200 stipend. Students who reside in Wake, Durham, Orange, Harnett and Johnston counties commute to their internship sites at North Carolina State,