Saturday, April 13, marked the last day of activities for the 2nd annual Greensboro Collegiate Biscuitville Bowl. The weeklong extravaganza brought students from Greensboro’s seven colleges and universities together for three individual events. Scratch-Made Success Week, Brand Your Biscuit and the 7 Campus Scramble were each designed to introduce the students to entrepreneurship and team [...]

Professor Linda Brown releases book, filling the gaps of history For the first time, the untold story of the Civil Rights Movement is put to paper in Dr. Linda Brown’s Belles of Liberty: Gender, Bennett College, And The Civil Rights Movement In Greensboro, North Carolina. A 1961 graduate of Greensboro’s Bennett College, Dr. Brown sheds [...]

 (NNPA) – His early films “Menace II Society” and “Dead Presidents”, directed in tandem with his twin brother Albert, helped to establish the careers of Larenz Tate, Terrence Howard, Jada Pinkett Smith and Chris Tucker. Now Allen Hughes is at the helm of the crime drama “Broken City,” featuring a cast that includes heavyweights Mark [...]

Four years free, Freeway Ricky Ross discusses his transition from prison, his new upcoming HBO documentary, the possibility of a feature film, and his beef with “Rozay.” By now most are familiar with Freeway Ricky Ross, the notorious 1980’s drug lord who was undisputedly one of the key players in the crack epidemic that nearly [...]

  Naomie Harris, “Skyfall” 2012 “Skyfall,” the latest James Bond action thriller and the 23rd James Bond movie, scored an outstanding $88.4 million last weekend, which is a new opening weekend record for the 50-year-old franchise. Riding that wave of success is English actress Naomie Harris, the newest Bond girl. This British-born beauty is best [...]

  North Carolina A&T State University welcomed legendary musician, Shelia E and her talented family last week as she came to encourage the importance of voting. Oct. 17 was declared “Sheila E. & The E. Family at A&T Day” by WNAA, 90.1 FM, the broadcast voice of North Carolina A&T State University. The celebration began [...]

It’s time to dress up and spruce up that Black Tie attire as the Greensboro Opera and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Opera Theater Department present a musical soirée of opera arias during the 2012 Opera Gala on Saturday, October 6. Grand opera arias will be sung by UNCG alumni and current UNCG [...]

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Nearly all African-Americans polled – 97 percent – say they are unhappy with the Black TV programs currently on air. Seventy-five percent say they want more documentaries, 71 percent prefer more history, 68 percent desire to see more independent films and 59 percent would like to see more news, according to a [...]