Stories tagged: "historically Black colleges"

community Aggie pride at NC A&T University in Greensboro. The university hosts "the greatest homecoming on Earth" this week. (Shutterstock)
community Good News Friday: NC A&T’s putting on ‘the greatest homecoming on Earth’

Every week, we round up the best good news in NC. This week, we have a flattering report on NC's climate for women entrepreneurs, and a special week for one of the state's biggest and best historically Black colleges. 

Leah Sherrell Leah Sherrell November 3, 2023 1:01 pm EDT
Culture NC has some of the best college towns in the nation, including Winston-Salem, home to decorated schools like Winston-Salem State University and Wake Forest University. (Image via Visit Winston-Salem)
Culture The Ultimate Guide to NC College Towns: What to Eat, Where to Stay, and What To Do

Whether you’re visiting for a campus tour, family weekend, orientation or move-in day, you’ll need our ultimate guide to NC college towns.

Vanessa Infanzon Vanessa Infanzon July 19, 2023 12:43 pm EDT
Culture Bennett College team, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1934. Ruth Glover is third from left. (Courtesy of the Greensboro Historical Museum.)
Culture The Night the Sports World Revolved Around Two Black Women’s Basketball Teams in Greensboro

A new podcast is reviving interest in the Jim Crow era of women’s sports, including a 1934 matchup between NC’s Bennett College and the best Black women’s team in the nation. 

Pamela Grundy Pamela Grundy September 23, 2022 4:03 pm EDT
Crime Numerous historically Black colleges across the nation, including Winston-Salem State University, have been the targets of the unverified bomb threats in recent weeks. (Image via WSSU)
Crime ‘Are They Trying to Get All HBCUs?’: Students, Families React to Bomb Threats at NC’s HBCUs

The FBI is investigating more than 20 bomb threats against HBCUs as racially-motivated hate crimes. Fayetteville State and Winston Salem State in NC were among the latest to receive threats.

Billy Ball Billy Ball February 17, 2022 12:42 pm EST
Education Numerous bomb threats against historically Black colleges across the nation evoke memories of racist violence, like the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church that killed four young girls and injured many others. (AP Photo)
Education ‘I’m Tired of Being Terrorized Like My Grandparents’: HBCU Bomb Threats Echo Civil Rights Attacks

Coinciding with Black History Month, the offenses echo racist attacks from the Civil Rights era and are being investigated as hate crimes.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright February 4, 2022 2:28 pm EST

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Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina signed the Medicaid expansion law in March. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum) Medicaid How to apply for health insurance under North Carolina’s Medicaid expansion
Ready. To. Go. (Photo via Forsyth Humane Society) community Good News Friday: This NC shelter wants you to take a field trip with a rescue dog
The American Indian Heritage Celebration in Raleigh this month. (Photo via NC Museum of History) community North Carolina is home to 8 recognized American Indian tribes. Here’s a little bit about each.
In this 2017 file photo, young hogs owned by Smithfield Foods gather around a water source. The Chinese-owned company, which is one of the largest employers in Sampson County, NC, has been the subject of multiple "hog nuisance" lawsuits because the smells, the noise, and health concerns. But hogs are just one of the environmental concerns in this rural NC county. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Agriculture ‘You can’t win for losing’: Inside Sampson County, NC’s environmental nightmare
North Carolina DeWitt Powell, Jones Lake's longtime park superintendent, vigilantly guarded the atmosphere of peace and dignity of the park. No litter or profanity was permitted, and Black families could camp, hike, fish, swim or just relax on the lake's shores. Powell, who held his post for decades, established that atmosphere in the Jim Crow era, against the odds in rural Bladen County.
North Carolina How the ‘MLK of Jones Lake’ Made This NC Park an Island of Equality

Jones Lake State Park, North Carolina’s first to admit Black visitors, was a place guests could breathe freely, thanks to its first Black park superintendent.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright February 4, 2022 1:11 pm EST
Culture Caroline Lattimore, a Durham member of the historically Black Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, joined many of her sisters celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris' inauguration Wednesday. (Image via Lattimore)
Culture ‘So Very Proud’: How AKA Sisters in NC Greeted Kamala Harris’ Groundbreaking Inauguration

With loads of pink and pearls, North Carolina members of Kamala Harris' historically Black sorority AKA celebrate her historic inauguration.

Tia Mitchell Tia Mitchell January 21, 2021 3:56 pm EST