A-B Technical Community College celebrated approximately 400 graduates. A-B Tech Community College celebrated approximately 400 graduates during its 2024 Commencement ceremony on May 11, 2024 at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in …
Five women panelists discussed the importance of supporting our local community through education. Photo: A-B Tech When A-B Tech first opened its doors in 1959, only one in three women…
Asheville/Buncombe Black Elders Engagement Project Activities and Events Special Events Lunch Bunch – Thursday, May 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Take the van or meet us at Stone…
Councilwoman Mary Black By Cash Michaels – New safeguards are being put in place after a first-term African American Raleigh City Council member became the target of hateful, racist slurs…
Nelda Holder Photo: Tim Barnwell Legislative News by Nelda Holder – The news network in North Carolina—including such “personal news” channels as the ubiquitous Facebook, as well as plain old…
NC Representative Lindsey Prather In early May, NC Representative Lindsey Prather (D-Buncombe) responded to the Legislature’s passage of an increase in the state’s private school voucher program of up to…
Women still cannot get fair treatment when it comes to employment and earnings. By Charlene Crowell – Never-married Black women have eight cents ($0.08) in wealth for every dollar held…
The next meeting of the Community Reparations Commission is scheduled for Monday, May 13, 2024, from 6-8 p.m. at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall, 87 Haywood Street in downtown…
Bessie Stringfield blazed a path across America with her fearless motorcycle riding. Bessie Stringfield was born around 1911 in Edenton, North Carolina. At the age of 16, Stringfield taught herself…
A new film by Minhal Baig tells the story of two boys coming of age in Cabrini-Green. Set against the backdrop of a troubled time and place, We Grown Now…
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