19th Annual Oyster Roast
May 4, 2022On a warm, clear Spring night, nearly 1,000 people attended the 19th Annual Oyster Roast benefiting the Greensboro Foundation of Family Service of the Piedmont. All around the capacious front lawn of Liz and David Johnson’s Irving Park home, attendees danced, dined on raw oysters and Southern supper buffet. Family Service empowers individuals and families […]
Biden grants pardons for some nonviolent drug offenders
April 29, 2022President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 75 people with non-violent drug offenses and gave full pardons to three individuals on Tuesday, April 26. His actions were part of the national observation of “Second Chance Month,” which is intended to reaffirm the importance of helping people who were formerly incarcerated reenter society. “America is a […]
Black Professional Women Make an Impact in the Greensboro Community
April 28, 2022The Greensboro (N.C.) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, a group of professional Black women connected in friendship and service, have made an indelible impact in Greensboro and the surrounding area during the past year. Through programmatic work, they have touched and improved the lives of more than 5,000 area residents. “As Chapter President, when I […]
Joe Biden delivers latest plans for economic growth in N.C.
April 22, 2022United States President Joe Biden made remarks about the economy during a speech at North Carolina A&T State University’s Alumni Foundation Center on April 14. Before his speech, he met with faculty and students in the College of Engineering’s robotics lab at the campus’ newly constructed Martin Engineering Research and Innovation Complex. “I’m here today […]
GPD Chief Brian James announces May retirement
April 21, 2022In about 40 days, the City of Greensboro will say goodbye to current Greensboro Police Department Chief Brian James, as he announced his impending retirement this week. His last day will be May 31. Chief James joined the Greensboro Police department in 1996 and was promoted to Police Chief in 2020. He has served in […]
Brown-Jackson becomes first Black female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
April 14, 2022With President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris standing at her side outside of the White House Friday, newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court “Justice” Ketanji Brown Jackson proudly shared her glee with the world. “It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme […]
Greensboro Mayoral candidates discuss issues
April 8, 2022Community members gathered at The UNCG School of Education on Sunday for a public mayoral candidate forum. The debate included the City of Greensboro’s four candidates who are running for mayor, Mark Cummings, Justin Outling, Eric Robert and incumbent Nancy Vaughan. It was hosted by the Greensboro Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated […]
Peace delegates from Israel hold summit at International Civil Rights Center and Museum
April 1, 2022Peace delegates from Israel as a part of an international grassroots organization called Sharaka visited North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia on March 21-25 to engage with other leaders who work towards social change. Sharaka, which means ‘partnership’, was founded by young leaders from Israel and the Arabian Gulf in order to turn the vision of […]
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on her way to Senate confirmation
March 25, 2022District of Columbia Circuit Appellate Court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is theoretically two major votes away from making history as the first African American woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court – the confirmation vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the confirmation vote of the Democrat-led U.S. Senate. And it all started […]
Obama’s Covid Case Gives Blacks Pause
March 17, 2022He is middle-aged, in relatively good health, and has had all of his vaccination and booster shots for COVID-19. And yet, former President Barack Obama remains quarantined from the rest of the world for a few days after announcing Sunday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Obama, 60, experienced “a scratchy throat for a […]
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