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The new Mint Museum exhibit “Requiem for Mother Emanuel” commemorates the senseless murder of nine members of Charleston’s Mother Emanuel church. The exhibit opened last week and continues at the Randolph Road branch until Feb. 19. The shooting deaths still wrings fresh here. We’re just down the street from Charleston. Our city son, Malcolm Graham, […]

In the Mannequin Challenge, you’re supposed to be still, but that’s not how we get down at Radio One Charlotte. See what happens after the challenge ends, and the real fun begins.

We couldn’t resist doing our own U Name It Challenge considering that we ended the week with a delicious potluck that featured home cooked meals that were soul food delight. The Latest Music, Celebrities and Interviews: Please Read: Powerful Mint Exhibit Recalls Charleston Massacre

Author and commentator Kevin Powell spoke at Country Day School earlier this week about the need to turn fear into action following Donald Trump’s election as president. Northwest School of the Arts senior Essynce Minter captured the event. Read the full story here.   Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

“Old School1053-Subscribers Thanksgiving Potluck seemed like the right time to do our Mannequin Challenge. Could the team at Radio One Charlotte, keep it together and hold still? Watch the video to find out. ICMYI: New Music On The Way From Mariah Carey, Jazmine Sullivan And Lloyd

Charlotte native Anthony Hamilton will be the grand marshal of the this year’s Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade, according to parade Facebook page.Grammy-award winning Hamilton, 45, is a South Mecklenburg graduate. He will be followed by Angwish,Carter Faith Jones, Dave Koons & The Koyotes, Kristina Lachaga, Kristy Lynn, One Leg Rooster, Taylor Dean, Teresa Guidry, Tryon and […]

Johnson C. Smith University has named a search committee to find its 14th president. Ronald Carter will leave Smith in June 2017. Trustees Chair Shirley Hughes, said in a media statement, that the committee will first hire an executive search firm by the end of November, QC Metro reported. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Hughes […]

There is no question that the death of protestor Justin Carr intensified confrontation between Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and protestors on the night of Sept. 21 in Uptown Charlotte. Police have charged ?. He has reportedly confessed to shooting Carr. In the days following Carr’s death, several people have alleged that a CMPD officer shot Carr with […]

Two Charlotte teens have been charged with attempted murder, a third suspect is being held and a fourth suspect’s status is unclear in connection with the hatchet attack of a transgender woman near Clanton Park last week. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Destiny Dagraca and Dajion Tanner, both 18, are charged with attempted first-degree murder, […]

Weddington’s Harry Swimmer has been nominated for a 2016 CNN Hero award. Swimmer created the Misty Meadows Mitey Riders farm for people with disabilities in 1994. Swimmer’s organization provides free, certified equine-assisted therapy to young people with a range of disabilities, including muscular dystrophy, Down syndrome and autism. The farm has served more than 700 […]

They sat at tables, laid on the floor and lined the walls at Johnson C Smith University’s Grimes Lounge. They were Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, young and old, pierced, tattooed, gender neutral, men and women and every other representation of Charlotte’s varied population. ALSO SEE: Lawsuit Against FBI, DHS Seeks Information On Surveillance Of Black […]

Vandals protesting Winthrop University’s Tillman Hall hung black stuffed stockings from a tree outside the building on Sunday afternoon, the Rock Hill Herald reported. Tillman Hall is named after former SC Governor Benjamin Tillman, a known white supremacist who advocated lynching Blacks who tried to vote. Rock Hill Police Officers found “numerous” black stockings hanging […]