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...
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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...
Valerie Kinloch played school with an eye toward the future. Growing up in Charleston, South Carolina, there was role play and modeling teacher behavior with playmates. Then, graduation to administrator. Along the way, something was brewing: career aspirations. “We would...
Revolutionary: Descendants of American Revolutionary War patriot gather to commemorate actions of ancestor
By Yasmine Regester, Peacemaker Staff Writer On a sunny day in May 2021, the descendant of a Black patriot and the descendant of a White Revolutionary War leader and politician met at the Nathaniel Greene statue at the Guilford Courthouse...
By Bonitta Best editor@triangletribune.com DURHAM – The W.A.R. Memorial Nurse Aide 1 Training Academy is opening a Licensed Certified Nursing Training School in Durham. The grand opening ceremony is July 8, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 1217 Holloway Street,...
By Makheru Bradley The County News 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. ***The...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Memorial Day has a deep historical connection to the African American community in the United States. The holiday, which originated as Decoration Day, initially began when formerly enslaved individuals and...
By Dr. Donna Christensen, Debra Fraser-Howze, Shavon Arline-Bradley Although Black women make up 7.7% of the total U.S. population, we have the highest rates of obesity in the country. Sixty percent of Black women live with obesity, which means we...