Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Advancing long-awaited transit plans and promoting private investment in the Black community ... when in office. Charlotte’s transition from a blue collar community to more white collar jobs ...

Here are 10 landmarks to visit in the Tarheel State during Black History Month. Location: 106 W. Parrish St., Durham, NC 27701 Cost: Free Black Wall Street is a four-block area in downtown Durham ...

Mayor Vi Lyles, Harvey Gantt and Pat Cannon speak in a panel discussion featuring Charlotte's four black mayors on Feb ... t always have to turn to the white industries in this community to ...

Visitors at Charlotte Museum of History during a past African American Heritage Festival event. (Photo courtesy of CMoH) White, who is the first Black president and CEO in the museum’s history, asked ...

But organizers of the state-sponsored 24th Annual African American Cultural Celebration in downtown Raleigh say it’s more necessary than ever to celebrate Black History Month. William Hollowell ...

Since then, presidents have made annual proclamations for National Black History Month, a tradition that President Donald Trump plans to continue, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline ...

Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark $400 million to revitalize the capital of New York, where poverty rates are high and the downtown is ... between white and Black residents remains an ...

They established a home in downtown ... Black women with limited means. About a decade prior, another haven — the Home for Aged Women — had been created for native-born, Protestant white ...