Month : August 2023

After several years since first speaking, Shallotte fine art photographer, David Pickett, met with Civil Rights photographer, Cecil Williams of Orangeburg, SC. Williams was the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony of The Gullah Geechee Festival in Atlantic Beach, SC...

By Mia Khatib mia.khatib@triangletribune.com    The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced that 804,000 borrowers will receive automatic student loan forgiveness, totaling $39 billion. Nearly 25,000 North Carolinians are eligible for more than $1.1 billion in this relief. The forgiveness was made...

By Mia Khatib mia.khatib@triangletribune.com   RALEIGH — In the late 20th century, urban renewal wiped out many of Raleigh’s predominantly Black communities. While Smoky Hollow’s history has been preserved, the 4th Ward’s was erased, and community activists like Octavia Rainey...

Known as “The Greatest School Under the Sun”, on Saturday, July 1, 2023, a Legacy Graduation Ceremony took place to honor members of the Williston Senior High Classes of 1969 and 1970, who were denied the opportunity to graduate from their school...