Bennett College Celebrates its Centennial

Bennett College celebrated its Centennial as the nation’s oldest historic academic institutions for African American women founded in 1873. The college honored distinguished community and alumnae and concluded with the annual Founders Day Convocation.

As early voting begins, Black voters urged to ‘use your power’

For African Americans and other communities of color, voting in the midterms is considered critical, and many in Black leadership are sending the message that the Black community has power in its vote, and can help to change negative policies for the better.

Voter engagement rally ahead of early voting

On Wednesday, Sept. 30, voting rights advocates collected the stories of North Carolina A&T students about voting and how access to the ballot box impacts them.

James H. Sills III, president and chief executive officer of Durham-based Mechanics and Farmers Bank (M&F) and Gerry McCants.

N.C. NAACP conference calls for political action and economic power

With the opening words of the U.S. Constitution serving as both its theme and a call to action, the North Carolina NAACP convened its 83rd annual state conference September 25-26 in High Point, calling on members to turn the movement’s history into action on civil rights, voting and economic justice.

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Bishop William Barber: All Power Derives From the People

MAGA extremists are trying to steal a Congressional seat in North Carolina. It could end up costing them more than the House.

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Eastern Guilford quarterback Mauri Jerman (#5) scrambles for a first down versus Northeast.

High School Flag Football: Eastern Wildcats maul Northeast Rams, 28-0

Eastern Guilford’s flag football team’s defense continued its suffocating run while the offense scored in every single quarter on Monday night, Oct. 5, powering the Wildcats to a 28-0 conference shutout of neighboring Northeast Guilford Rams.

Aggies suffer heartbreaker at Bryant, look to rebound against New Hampshire

Just one week after an upset win over nationally ranked Rhode Island, the Aggies continued to ride that momentum for most of the night against Bryant before an improbable late-game collapse saw the Bulldogs score 10 points in just over two minutes to escape with a 31-30 win.

Northern Guilford safety Lucas Hilliard (#20) makes a tackle and also had an interception versus Asheboro.

Northern Nighthawks soar past unbeaten Asheboro Blue Comets, 51-8

Daniel Evans threw for 345 yards and four touchdowns to power Northern Guilford Nighthawks to a dominant 51-8 league victory over previously unbeaten Asheboro on Friday night, Oct. 2.

Eddie Conover (#13) forces a Rhode Island player to the ground.

A&T upsets No. 19 Rhode Island, travel to Bryant next

The Aggies defeat a nationally ranked team for the first time in eight years

Guilford County Parks and Recreation hosts Annual Fall Fest at Bur-Mil Park

More than 100 vendors and exhibitors will showcase their wares at this week’s Fall Festival.

Members of the Omicron Eta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. gather during homecoming at UNCG’s 1953 statue of Minerva, the Roman Goddess of Wisdom. Minerva is also the sorority’s official emblem and symbol of wisdom, strategic thought and scholarship.

Spartan Alumni Return for UNCG’s Homecoming

Rejoicing alumni returned to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for a festive Homecoming celebration. The warm glow of UNCG’s Oct. 2 bonfire—often recognized as the largest in North Carolina—set the tone for the two-day Spartan family reunion.

The Roots will star at NC Folk Festival

The Roots will headline this year’s NC Folk Festival, which runs Sept. 18-20 in Greensboro.

Coltrane Jazz & Blues Festival marks 15th year

The hometown music festival celebrating the local boy who became a legend is back and bigger this year.

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Access to homeownership, the crisis facing American families

“Investigating a bank for following the government’s own rules to create paths to address longstanding discrimination in lending is an abuse of the agency’s investigative authority and a …

The first Columbus Day was declared in the shadow of a lynching

This month we mark Columbus Day. The first one was a Chicago story. In the Windy City, Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells spotlighted what Washington wanted forgotten. In the fall of 1892, the nation celebrated four hundred years since Columbus reached the Americas. Chicago was its grandest stage. The city dedicated the grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Martin shares life and leadership lessons at UNC Greensboro

Martin (second from left) and members of the UNCG Pi Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Demond T. Martin has traveled an unlikely path from White House aide and hedge fund partner to wellness entrepreneur and philanthropist. During a September 22 visit to UNC Greensboro, he drew on that journey and his new book, “Friends of the Good,” to urge students to embrace opportunity, build meaningful relationships and believe they belong in rooms that may initially intimidate them.

Happy students with school supplies alongside members of Tabernacle International Church at Peeler Recreation Center.

Back to School Gatherings

Free school supplies will continue to flow in Guilford County at giveaway events through the end of August, when all campuses of Guilford County Schools welcome students on August 24 for the upcoming academic year.

Black family yanks $1M scholarship from UNCW because of anti-DEI policies

UNC at Wilmington is losing $1 million in scholarship money donated by a prominent African American family because of its anti-DEI policy changes. Reportedly, about five percent of students attending UNC-W are Black.

Limits of Freedom designers and curators gather at the High Point Museum: Dr. Anne Parsons (front left), director of public history, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Sara Blanchett, the museum’s curator of education, and (top left), Raquel Walton, designer of panels, along with curators Jada Denny and Megan Mieure, Desmond Fosuhene, the exhibit’s map designer.

Limits of Freedom’ tells the stories of enslaved and free people of African descent

Limits of Freedom, a traveling exhibit presenting the lives of enslaved and free people of African descent in Guilford and Rockingham Counties will be on display at the Greensboro Cultural Center, throughout the month of July at 200 N. Davie St.

Sternberger Elementary Principal Lisa Williams joins students and parents in signing the ceremonial beam during the school’s Topping Off ceremony, which signifies the completion of the school building’s frame.

Sternberger Elementary gets ‘topped’

Sternberger Elementary School students, parents, faculty and community leaders participated in a Topping Off ceremony, signifying the completion of the new building’s frame on the site of the original Sternberger school, which opened in 1949 on Holden Road in Greensboro.

Rep. Alma Adams discusses DOGE impacts on Social Security