Marilyn Jean Fields, a 66-year-old Black woman from North Carolina renowned in her community for her volunteer work, admits she violated the law when she parked in the fire lane in front of a Piggly Wiggly supermarket on a rainy day to purchase a loaf […]
Source: screenshot A North Carolina high school has been reprimanded by its school district for having a pair of doors inside the building “decorated” as being “colored” and “white” entrances last week in a Black History Month commemoration gone wrong. A photo of the doors at […]
North Carolina mail carrier Marshun Brooks has received clearance from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to return to work after the postal company suspended her without pay for attending to a medical emergency. On Nov. 20, Brooks suffered chest pains and shortness of breath while […]
A North Carolina-based police officer captured on camera striking a woman more than a dozen times has been given a 40-hour suspension, officials said. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings made the announcement on Tuesday regarding the Nov. 13 incident. Bystander video shows multiple officers surrounding the woman, a Bojangles […]
*(CNN) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the mass shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on October 3 that injured five people, the Baltimore Police Department said in a news release Friday. He was taken into custody without incident Thursday, and faces charges of multiple counts of attempted murder, police […]
Students attending North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro were surprised to learn that a man had been arrested on campus after being found with several firearms plus more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition on March 26. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that 27-year-old Brandon James Bentley […]
A Raleigh, North Carolina teenager Eziya Bowden experienced a scary ride with Lyft alleging she jumped from the back seat of a moving car because of the driver’s “suspicious behavior.” The 17-year-old’s injuries landed her in the ER after jumping from a moving Lyft a few miles from […]
April 1, 2022 A man who was convicted of murdering a toddler has been killed in a North Carolina prison by a group of inmates, according to prison officials. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) released a statement pertaining to the incident that took place on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities […]
The U.S. Department of Justice is among groups suing two Southern states for alleging drawing voting district maps that discriminate against people of color, but lawmakers in the Republican-led states said they drew the maps race-blind. Texas and North Carolina redistricting leaders said they did […]
The new site manager for the Historic Latta Plantation in North Carolina clearly didn’t understand his Juneteenth assignment. With one event, Ian Campbell, who is Black, proved the problem with ignoring historical accuracy in education. It’s also a reminder about why maybe plantation tourism should not exist. The […]
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