High Point City Council approves adopting reparations report
High Point City Council approved adopting a reparations report that outlines po
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Man at the center of prominent case alleging wrongful conviction, Kalvin Michael Smith, found dead
A man who claimed innocence in connection with a 1995 brutal assault in Winston-Salem has died. Kalvin Michael Smith was at the center of a racially divisive case that was one of the region’s most prominent allegations of wrongful conviction.
Bethania Freedman's Park honoring local African American history to open this Saturday
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines and the city council will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Saturday to celebrate the completion of Bethania Freedman's Park.
Civil rights advocates defend a North Carolina court justice suing over a probe for speaking out
Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators defended and praised Wednesday a state Supreme Court justice for suing this week to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public
Greensboro Hooters faces a federal lawsuit over alleged racial bias
A Greensboro restaurant is facing a federal lawsuit over alleged discriminatory rehiring practices.
North Carolina unveils its first park honoring African American history
North Carolina state officials joined historians and Black community leaders Wednesday under a sprawling oak tree in the heart of downtown Raleigh for the long-anticipated unveiling of the state's
Federal lawsuit filed against Greensboro apartment manager following video release of her assault on two Black minors
A white Greensboro apartment manager is being sued following her assault on a Black 11-year-old boy at the apartment swimming pool. The incident, which was caught on security camera and went viral on social media, has prompted national attention.
With affirmative action out, North Carolina's flagship school bars use of race, sex in admissions
Weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down their school’s race-conscious admissions plan as violating the Constitution, the board of North Carolina’s flagship public university has voted to strictly bar the use of “race, sex, color or ethnicity” in admissions and hiring decisions.
Juneteenth: A time of reflection and celebration, with some historical and contemporary complications
Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, a Union general arrived in Texas, accompanied by 2,000 troops, and delivered the news that all enslaved Black people in the state were free. That was June 19, 1865, and on its one-year anniversary, the very first Juneteenth celebrations took place there.
UNCG will celebrate Juneteenth with a historical campus walk
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro will honor Juneteenth this year with historic