Education
Nash County Public Schools (NCPS) will host its second annual Back-to-School Festival on Thursday, Aug. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Nash Community College’s Brown Auditorium. The event is free and open to all NCPS families and community members. The festival will feature: All 24 NCPS schools will be represented. Families will also have […]
This 3-month, instructor-led training program is also designed to prepare students to take the optional Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS): Excel Associate Certification exam. No prerequisites required to take this course other than basic knowledge using a Windows computer. Get comfortable writing formulas and functions and using graphic elements to represent data visually. Learn how to […]
A quiet crisis has steadily eroded Black landownership across generations, known as heirs’ property. Here's how you can protect your land from this vicious loophole.
In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton explains how provisions in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" limit educational opportunities for Black Americans.
Did y'all know there are at least two HBCUs in America (West Virginia to be specific) that are predominantly white?
If there is one lesson I have gleaned from Malcolm X, it is the importance of seeing oneself as a forever student.
Understanding the symptoms and the reasons behind prostate cancer risk in Black men is a critical step toward early detection and developing better health outcomes for our kings.
The projects, often referred to as public housing for low-income individuals and families, have a long and complex history.
Bob Marley was reaching the pinnacle of his career when he was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer.
How do you get a whole race of people to uplift themselves after years of persecution? This was the very question Colonel Allen Allensworth asked himself before he embarked on one of the most important journeys in African American history: to build the first Black self-sufficient town in California.
From Mary McLeod Bethune to Booker T. Washington, here are seven Black educators who made an impact in the classroom and beyond.
Unfortunately, those with albinism—especially Black people—may encounter discrimination or mistreatment rooted in harmful myths.
