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The Harvey Gantt Center is celebrating the contributions of African Americans with Saturday morning storytelling and hands-on art activities for kids, a documentary film and discussion series, free teacher training, a Nigerian Afro-beat dance party and late hours every Tuesday in February! Thursday, February 7, 2013 – 5:30 pm Teachers as Scholars: African American Literature […]
Johnson C. Smith University’s Department of Political Science and Social and Behavioral Sciences will hold a series of educational events during Black History Month. All events are free and will take place at 7 p.m. in the Technology Center auditorium with refreshments to follow. On Feb. 6, civil rights activists Charles Jones and Dorothy Counts […]
Charlotte’s East and West side community members will have an opportunity on Feb. 6 to discuss issues surrounding economic development, the streetcar, corridor revitalization and community empowerment at a town hall meeting. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Johnson C. Smith University’s Biddle Hall, 100 Beatties Ford Road. The Town Hall will […]
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Now that New Orleans Hornets are officially changing their name to the New Orleans Pelicans, there’s buzz about Bobcats reclaiming Charlotte’s first franchise name. The Hornets hired national nationally polling company Harris Interactive to conduct a survey of season ticket holders and the public about what it would take to sell more tickets and team […]
Saturday, Charlotte’s who’s who will converge on the Westin hotel will celebrate 20 years of achievement in Charlotte’s African-American community. It will be a celebration of the magazine, the Pride Awards and the impact both have had on the Charlotte community. A selection committee chose the following finalists who will compete for the newly established […]
Do you think if Martin Luther King Jr. were still alive, that he would be proud of where African Americans are, as a culture, today? Take the poll now. Join us for Charlotte area MLK events.
The Charlotte area is bracing for a winter storm that could make the afternoon commute a nightmare and dump one to three inches of snow on the area. The snow will be a pretty sight after a dreary week of rain and wind. Today’s low is around 30 degree. Patchy fog is expected from 10 […]
Community leaders in the Northwest Corridor flanked by JCSU President Ronald Carter and other school officials declared their support for the streetcar to be extended to Beatties Ford Road following a closed door meeting on Wednesday. Carter said the streetcar is an important asset to the continued development of the corridor which recently saw the […]
