By Mia Khatib mia.khatib@triangletribune.com RALEIGH — After the killing of Philando Castile in 2016, Saint Augustine’s University alumnus Kevin Bethea made supporting local Black-owned businesses a priority. He created the Triangle Black Owned Businesses Facebook page to help small...
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Staff reports As the holidays ramp up, OpenDoors students are winding down with the last in a five-part series of art classes taught by world-renowned ceramicist Jim McDowell in Asheville’s River Arts District, in partnership with Village Potters Clay Center....
By Mark Lawton NCCU News Communications On Dec. 8, part of Fayetteville Street was dedicated to a couple with strong ties to North Carolina Central University. Those traveling between Timothy Avenue and Lawson Street will now see signs designating...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville & Buncombe County 43rd Annual Celebration
Still Marching Forward: Fighting for Justice Never Ends. Staff reports The Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville & Buncombe County will host its 43rd annual celebration of Dr. King’s life and legacy on Saturday January 13, 2024, at...
By Mia Khatib mia.khatib@triangletribune.com RALEIGH — Supporters, parents and faith leaders showed up in droves to silently march from Word of God Fellowship Church to Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School last week. The march was in solidarity for a student...
We titled this series Habari Gani, a Kiswahili term we use during Kwanzaa, translated as “What’s New”, or “What is the News?” Our intent is to cover recent events that impact Afrikan people. *** A Response to the Gentrification article...
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges board of trustees voted to remove the historically Black college in Raleigh from its membership. According to SACSCOC policy, SAU will be placed on probation – with accreditation – while...
By Mia Khatib mia.khatib@triangletribune.com RALEIGH — Following the New Bern Avenue Bus Rapid Transit System’s groundbreaking earlier this month, local activist group Livable Raleigh hosted a Zoom call last week to express its opposition to the city’s plan to rezone...
By Mia Khatib mia.khatib@triangletribune.com A racially diverse group of Discovery Charter School students were on a FaceTime call in September when a white student directed racial slurs at them and brandished a firearm in the background, allegedly threatening to “take...
By Errington C. Thompson, MD It is more important than ever for us to stay informed. Misinformation is being shoveled at us at an alarming rate. We cannot count on mainstream media to filter out the lies or to even...