Museum teaches groups about Civil Rights
June 24, 2022Several cultural and educational groups arrived in Greensboro on Monday, June 20 to visit the International Civil Rights Museum and Center as part of the observance of the new federal holiday, Juneteenth. While the groups were all different, the goal to learn about social justice and the Civil Rights Movement in the South was the […]
Howard relay squad sets records at NCAA Championships
June 16, 2022EUGENE, OR. – The Howard University women’s 4×400-meter relay squad closed out the 2022 spring campaign with a pair of new records at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field on Saturday, June 11. Seniors Jessika Gbai, Ameenah Saalih, Ozioma Scott and Jessica Wright ran their final race together for the Bison, […]
Extreme hot weather is a threat to all ages
June 16, 2022In the United States heat is no friend. Hundreds of people die each and every year from heat exposure. We are forecast to have extremely hot weather for the next few days. With the advent of the climate changes through our inability to protect the environment, this is something we may need to get used […]
Movie Review: The Torch
June 16, 2022“Before you leave, teach someone to drive.” That advice from a former boss at an auto shop best expresses blues legend Buddy Guy’s destiny. This is not the definitive Buddy Guy bio/doc. That distinction goes to Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away, which appeared on PBS in 2021. This nonfiction film has a […]
Exclusive: Rev. Spearman files defamation lawsuit against NAACP head, N.C. NAACP Pres. and six others
June 16, 2022The former president of the N.C. NAACP has filed a blistering 28-page lawsuit against national NAACP Pres./CEO Derrick Johnson and Board of Directors Chairman Leon W. Russell, along with six other N.C. NAACP officers including current N.C. NAACP President Deborah Dicks Maxwell and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chapter Pres. Corrine Mack “…in their individual capacities for Defamation and […]
Greensboro Opera Youth Opera Camp Performance
June 10, 2022Join the Greensboro Opera on Friday, June 17th at 2:00 pm at Mount Zion Baptist Church for a performance by the Greensboro Opera Youth Opera Camp. Campers will showcase all they have learned in the two-week opera camp, by presenting “Christmas Eve at Café Momus” from Act II of Puccini’s opera La bohème! Mount Zion […]
A&T Men to play in Boost Mobile HBCU Challenge
June 10, 2022The North Carolina A&T men’s basketball team is one of four Historically Black Colleges and or Universities (HBCUs) slated to participate in the Boost Mobile HBCU Challenge, announced the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Twelve-time NBA All-Star and longtime HBCU advocate Chris Paul will host the event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in […]
Be prepared for Hurricane Season
June 10, 2022Yes, believe it or not it is Hurricane season. June 1 through November 30 of each year bears this designation. The weather forecasters are expecting a busy and potentially difficult season. So that means it is time to prepare. As the forecasters say, you can do nothing to prevent a tropical storm or hurricane, but […]
Dunleath Porchfest on Saturday
June 10, 2022Residents of the Dunleath Historic Neighborhood will turn their porches into stages when it presents Dunleath Porchfest on Saturday, June 11 from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Porchfest is a unique event in which neighbors offer their porches as performance venues, musicians offer to share their talents, and guests stroll from house to house enjoying […]
National NAACP under fire not just in N.C.
June 10, 2022With the NAACP National Convention scheduled for next month in Atlantic City, N.J. (July 14-20), delegates from the North Carolina State Conference won’t be the only ones attending wondering out loud about the direction their civil rights organization is going under Pres/CEO Derrick Johnson. For North Carolina, delegates are wondering about the $20 million sexual […]
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