Month : March 2025

By Freda Freeman Correspondent Daniel Mez Teague, 19, may have ended up on the streets if he hadn’t been adopted by his foster parents when he turned 18. “Fifty percent become homeless after aging out. When you turn 18, you...

By Leigh-Ann Jackson Whether they want to streamline their beauty regimen, add some gorgeousness before vacation, or prepare their little ones for a few weeks at sleepaway camp, many Black people will pick braided hairstyles as their go-to. Braids can...

By Yasmine Regester Carolina Peacemaker Staff Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sixty-five years after the historic A&T Four, freshmen from North Carolin Agricultural & Technical College (now University) ignited a movement; their legacy continues to inspire college students and the Greensboro...

By Herbert I. White The Charlotte Post Retired AME Zion Bishop George E. Battle Jr., a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board member and an advocate for health care and economic development died March 9 at age 77. Bishop George E. Battle...

By Yasmine Regester Peacemaker Staff Writer GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro community is mourning the loss of longtime civil rights activist, Rev. Nelson Napoleon Johnson, who recently passed away at the age of 81. He was the founding pastor of...

Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST A Republican-sponsored bill introduced in the North Carolina Senate would bar diversity and equity policies in public schools. Senate Bill 227, sponsored by chamber Leader Phil Berger, and GOP colleagues Michael Lee and Brad...

By Freda Freeman CORRESPONDENT RALEIGH – Community leaders in education, criminal justice, government, social advocacy, medicine, entrepreneurship, cultural arts, public service, and leadership were honored for their contributions at the fourth annual Image Awards at the John Chavis Community Center....

By Bonitta Best editor@triangletribune.com DURHAM – Christopher Emdin, author of the New York Times bestseller, “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood,” couldn’t have said it better. There are three types of people, Emdin said at an entrepreneurship forum:...

Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST The 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church was intensely personal to Malcolm Graham. Among the nine people killed at the historic Black church in Charleston, S.C., was his sister, Cynthia Graham Hurd,...

It was February 14. But what nearly 400 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees got that day were not Valentines. They were pink slips. The firings touched critical roles in EPA offices across the country, including dozens of scientists at the agency’s...