Community holds candlelight peace vigil
February 17, 2021Barely two months into 2021 and the City of Greensboro has already had seven gun related deaths. “The fact that our homicides are higher than last year is heartbreaking,” said Ingram Bell, a supervisor with the Gate City Coalition Cure Violence Team. “We’re tired of crying; we’re tired of seeing parents burying their children. Something […]
Mission: Improving Black COVID-19 Vaccinations
February 11, 2021Amid strong skepticism based on historic distrust, the fact remains, African Americans desperately need to be vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus, especially given an estimated death rate of at least twice that of their White counterparts. Here in North Carolina, according to figures from the N.C. Dept. of Health and Human Services, while Whites in […]
GCS distributes new devices to schools before students return to the classroom
February 11, 2021Guilford County Schools delivered more than 2,000 electronic devices to schools on February 5. The district coordinated device distributions at Dudley High School and Ferndale Middle School. Those distributions were part of the more than 79,000 devices the district ordered last fall. Dudley High School received more than 1,600 devices and Ferndale Middle received nearly […]
Report: Former Chief Justice Beasley to Run for U.S. Senate in 2022
February 4, 2021If a report this week in the conservative Carolina Journal is to be believed, former N.C. Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, a Democrat, is preparing to announce a 2022 run for the U.S. Senate from North Carolina, hoping to take the soon to be vacated seat of outgoing Republican Sen. Richard Burr. According to the Carolina […]
Celebrate Black History Month 2021
February 4, 2021Black History Month celebrations look different this year, as many events across the city are being held virtually. The story behind Black History Month starts more than half a century ago. It was created by noted Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the minister Jesse E. Moorland after they founded the Association for the Study […]
Remembering the Legacy of Hammerin’ Hank Aaron
January 28, 2021Baseball’s recognized home run king and an African American hero, Henry “Hank” Aaron, has died at the age of 86. Aaron, who broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record on April 8, 1974, was not just a baseball legend but a hero to superstars. “He’s the one man that I idolize more than myself,” the […]
GOP continues voter suppression efforts nationwide
January 28, 2021If you were under any impression that the Republicans have ceased their voter suppression efforts after trying unsuccessfully to overturn the Nov. 2020 presidential election results, guess again. If anything, the fact that former Pres. Donald Trump decidedly lost to Democrat Joe Biden – in addition to the stunning victories by two Georgia Democrats earlier […]
Sherri Denese Jackson Foundation combats domestic violence
January 28, 2021Under a sea of purple balloons released in remembrance of the lives lost to domestic violence every year, and one yellow balloon, Portia Shipman recounted the story of the death of her friend, Sherri Denese Jackson. The yellow balloon is for Jackson. “Not only was she loving, smart and beautiful, she wasn’t like anyone I […]
Biden Urges Unity
January 21, 2021Two-thirds of the country gave a huge sigh of relief Wednesday morning as Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States ending the four-year term of possibly the worst president of the United States – Donald J. Trump. January 20, 2021 was a cold and overcast Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., […]
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams: ‘It was frightening’
January 14, 2021“We could have all been blown up. This could have been much, much worse.” To Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12), what could have been on the afternoon of January 6, 2021 is chilling enough. But what did happen when a predominately White pro-Trump mob of thousands attacked the U.S. Capitol, seeking to either delay or stop […]
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