An analysis: What has UNC the Hannah – Jones settlement over tenure debacle accomplished?
July 21, 2022For those who thought that award-winning New York Times Magazine journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones deserved a six-figure check when she reportedly agreed to settle with UNC – Chapel Hill last week, instead of taking her race discrimination tenure case to court, the news that she only got somewhere in the neighborhood of less than $75,000 was […]
Former N.C. NAACP Pres. Spearman dies
July 21, 2022North Carolina, the AME Zion Church and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People have lost an icon. Rev. Dr. Theodore Anthony Spearman has died. According to sources close to the family, Spearman was found dead inside his Guilford County home Tuesday evening. Spearman was the immediate past president of the N.C. NAACP. […]
Retired Greensboro Fire Department Chief Flowers passes
July 20, 2022Ray Kermit Flowers, son of the late James Vernel Flowers and Mattie Tillman Flowers, was born in Wadesboro, N.C. on March 25, 1939. He entered into eternal rest on July 16, 2022. Flowers graduated from Anson County Training School in 1957 where he excelled as a student, athlete, and class leader. He graduated from what […]
West teams dominate NCCA All-Star Games
July 15, 2022The West Women All-Stars rallied to defeat the East 62-55 in the 48th annual North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA) East-West All-Star game. The game was played at the Greensboro Coliseum on Monday night. The East led for three quarters before the West rallied outscoring the East 27-12 during the fourth quarter. Kate Hollifield of Shelby […]
Getting medical advice from your phone
July 15, 2022In this era of technology, many people, especially young people are more likely to ask their phone for medical advice rather than ask a medical professional. That may be okay, however we really want people to receive accurate health information. Our ultimate goal is to allow all people to be as healthy as they can […]
Carolyn Coleman Way dedicated
July 15, 2022Community leaders and elected officials joined scores of friends and family members of the late Guilford County Commissioner Carolyn Q. Coleman to herald her life of courageous civil rights advocacy and public service in dedicating a street in her name — Carolyn Coleman Way bisecting Martin Luther King Drive in Greensboro. At New Zion Missionary […]
Big South announces 2021-22 Track & Field Athletes of the Year
July 8, 2022CHARLOTTE – North Carolina A&T freshman Grace Nwokocha (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) and Aggies’ junior Randolph Ross Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.) have been voted the 2021-22 Big South Conference Women’s and Men’s Track Athletes of the Year, respectively, while High Point sophomore Sydney Horn (Lancaster, Pa.) and North Carolina A&T senior Brandon Hicklin (Inman, S.C.) have been […]
Studies show that African Americans are overrepresented in kinship care
July 8, 2022Of the 2.6 million kids in the United States being cared for by a family member, 79,000 kids in across North Carolina comprise that number, according to data from The Annie E. Casey Foundation national KIDS COUNT Data Center. The African American Families and Kinship Care Lab at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro […]
Crucial N.C. Voting Rights case will come out of U.S. Supreme Court
July 8, 2022It is the N.C. case that has most legal experts across the nation shaking in their shoes about what damage this conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court will do next. The N.C. case is Moore v. Harper, and the question it raises is can state courts having anything to do with how disputes over federal elections are […]
Fun Fourth Festival 2022
July 7, 2022Greensboro’s annual Fun Fourth Freedom Fest made a return this year with all the activities and entertainment that people were used to, pre-pandemic. The day started with the annual Fun Fourth Freedom Run featuring a 10K, 5K and Fun Run that began at 7:30 a.m. at Center City Park. Later in the afternoon, food trucks, […]
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