UPDATED: 9:00 a.m. ET, May 27, 2024 With the topic of Black history increasingly coming under attack, both at the educational level and particularly among Republican-led state legislatures, it’s important …
In a discussion about the partnership between NewsOne and the Dream Defenders which launches today, Marjua Estevez, the organization’s public relations manager and a seasoned journalist whose op-ed appears below,…
A state representative in Georgia has been misrepresenting herself as a member of Delta Sigma Theta, the historically Black sorority said this week. There are “no records” that show Georgia…
Liverpool is home to England’s oldest Black community. Dating back to the city’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade between the 17th and 19th centuries, African and Afro-Caribbean individuals were…
America’s first Black astronaut candidate has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream to travel to space. According to AP, Ed Dwight rocketed into space with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company for the…
On March 25, 2022, Jennifer Buta learned that her son, Jordan DeMay, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It happened just hours after the 17-year-old was a victim of “financial…
Young bird watchers at the Brooklyn Creek Bird Sanctuary during an event organized by Crystal Cauley. The binoculars were donated by Etta Robinson. By Crystal Cauley – Black Birding Week…
Jonas Randolph, a social work graduate from Asheville. 195 students received degrees during the university’s spring commencement on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Thirty-one graduates received master’s degrees, in criminal justice,…
From the River Area Trail, Stop #5: The Untils. Photo courtesy of Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville, NC. The Black Cultural Heritage Trail honors and preserves…
Author & Filmmaker Natalie Baszile UNC Asheville and the Wilma Dykeman Legacy are excited to announce Natalie Baszile as the next Wilma Dykeman Writer-in-Residence in Spring 2025. Baszile is the…
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