Two years and waiting: Family still seeks answers in loved one’s jail death
July 2, 2020Time can’t heal the hurt that emitted from the podium as Rochelle Thomas-Boyd spoke to a crowd of roughly 40 to 50 people in front of the Guilford County Detention Center that gathered to honor her oldest child, Tasharra “Tasha” Lachelle Thomas. “It was like nobody cared. She got 2:12 seconds of news time,” Thomas-Boyd […]
New Film: Let the People Decide
July 1, 2020Kicking off our Toward Freedom, President’s Series, NC NAACP is pleased to host a FREE screening of the award winning film, “Let the People Decide.” Register free, to access link to screen the eye-opening documentary, “Let the People Decide” now, and get your zoom link to join our panel discussion with NC NAACP President, voting […]
N.C. A&T names Will Jones as head coach
July 1, 2020Willie (prefers Will) Jones has been named North Carolina A&T’s head men’s basketball coach as announced by Director of Athletics Earl M. Hilton III. Jones will be the Aggies’ 11th head men’s basketball coach of the NCAA modern era that started in 1952. A press conference to introduce Jones was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, […]
Racism is a public health issue
June 25, 2020It harkens my soul as I see finally that society is coming to grips with the well-known fact that racism is a factor in the health of people of color. It is as if forbidden words are now being acknowledged. Now, what is society’s next plan of action? The American Academy of Family Medicine (AAFP) […]
Greensboro Celebrates Juneteenth
June 25, 2020Greensboro residents celebrated Juneteenth this year with three days of virtual events, concerts and rallies. This was not the first year that there have been celebrations held in Greensboro for Juneteenth, but this is the first year that it was declared a city holiday. The Greensboro City Council passed a resolution at its June 2 […]
NASCAR Takes a Stand Against Racial Injustice
June 20, 2020Since protestors and demonstrators have taken to the streets around the globe in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many businesses and organizations have issued statements and taken measures to communicate their stand against racial injustice. On Wednesday, June 10, NASCAR joined that ever-growing list with the announcement that it’s […]
Be prepared for a difficult year with COVID-19
June 19, 2020As we enter another week of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the problems that we are dealing with are immense. We have now reached the 117,000 deaths nationwide and this statistic continues to rise. In North Carolina we have seen some loosening of parts of the stay-at-home rules as well as some businesses reopening. Shortly after […]
Movies On Demand: Miss Juneteenth
June 19, 2020A small Black neighborhood in the Fort Worth, Texas metro area. A former teenage beauty queen whose opportunities never panned out. It’s a microcosm. A blip on the radar. Just big enough to provide strong underpinnings for an earnest character-driven story. Juneteenth, aka Freedom Day, Jubilee Day or the Black Fourth of July, is an […]
Clergy and Residents to City: Address Police Brutality and Socioeconomic Inequities
June 18, 2020The Pulpit Forum of Greensboro and Vicinity held a press conference outside City Hall on June 12, calling for change in policing, minority contracting and in the county’s public schools. “I found myself in the midst of protests over the last two weeks. But at my heart, I am a pastor and I know it […]
FAMU votes to exit MEAC, join SWAC
June 13, 2020TALLAHASSEE, FL – One of the Crown Jewels in HBCU football is ready to make the move to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Board of Trustees unanimously voted to move from the MEAC to the SWAC. The vote ends a nearly 40-year conference affiliation in the MEAC; the Rattlers joined the […]
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