By Cash Michaels Contributing writer In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent stunning decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which struck down that state’s second black majority-minority Democratic voting district as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, crippling […]
By Cash Michaels Contributing writer Come June 30th, will also come the end of an era in North Carolina. That’s when Vy Lyles, the first African-American female mayor of Charlotte – the nation’s 14th largest […]
Her name was Margaret Rose Murray. If you knew and worked with this beloved educator, businesswoman, broadcaster and social justice advocate back in the eighties and nineties like I, and so many others in Raleigh’s […]
The Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Vision Gala raised over $1.3 million to support ballet access and diverse talent, honoring choreographer Fatima Robinson and media executive Scott Mills. A performer from the Dance Theatre of Harlem […]
Like an electric shock to the system, last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Louisiana’s voting map and effectively crippling the last vestige of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, has now energized the African-American […]
By Cash Michaels Contributing writer Just when many thought that St. Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh was well on the road to overcoming its problems, comes word that the private Episcopalian HBCU has filed for […]
By Cash Michaels Contributing writer In the African-American community, the ability to cast a mail-in ballot is important to those who cannot make it to the voting polls on Election Day, like many of the […]
I don’t know about you, but last week, starting with the day after Easter, was a great week for eye-opening, mind-blowing discovery and re-examination for me. What made it such a special time was that […]
By Cash Michaels Contributing writer The family of Carrie Everett, the first woman to attend an HBCU who was selected to be Miss North Carolina, says her body will be taken to her native Africa […]
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