By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent acts of civil disobedience ...

For the first time since the start of COVID, the Salisbury Sectional Bridge Tournament is making a comeback to the Rufty-Holmes Senior Center. Scheduled for Feb. 7-9, the event is sponsored by ...

Saturday will mark 65 years since four Black college students (David Richmond, Frank Mccain, Ezell Blair Junior, who is now known as Jibreel Khazan, and Joseph Mcneil) ...

The former North Carolina lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate had sued the news network for defamation over its reporting that Robinson allegedly wrote racist comments on a pornographic ...

1908— Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is incorporated. The Black Greek-let­ter organization was actually found­ed, however, on Dec. 4, 1906. The “brothers of the black and gold” have included as members a ...

A subsidiary of the Carroll Cos. of Greensboro has dropped plans to develop an industrial project at an east High Point intersection. Carroll Investment Properties has put 20.56 acres it owns at the ...

The dozen winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest were recognized during a reception at Bruch Hall at Wooster ...

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — ‘Jail No ...

Seling, Cornerstone Elementary School, Wooster, grade three Third place: Delaney Williams, Smithville ...

At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...

"As we honor Dr. King’s legacy, we must remember that resilience is not the absence of tension but the courage to grow ...

We often face situations we did not choose. But we can always choose how to respond. In this case, the response is to find a ...