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Hillside High School in Durham kicked off the school year yesterday by encouraging dads to become more involved in their children’s lives at school. Fathers, male relatives and other male caregivers escorted their children to class on the first day as part of the nationwide Million Father March – a movement for black men to […]
Hillside High School in Durham kicked off the school year yesterday by encouraging dads to become more involved in their children’s lives at school. Fathers, male relatives and other male caregivers escorted their children to class on the first day as part of the nationwide Million Father March – a movement for black men to […]
Thirteen school districts across the state have installed school bus tracking devices that promise to help parents track a vehicle’s route and improve operating efficiency. The technology installed for the school year that starts this week aims to keep kids safer by tracking school buses, monitoring driver behavior, performing engine diagnostics and tracking when kids […]
Apex High Senior Justin Perkins made history Friday night by debuting as the school’s firs black drum major. Perkins has been playing the tuba since the fourth grade and says he always dreamt of being a drum major. There are 130 members in the Apex High School Marching band. Paul Rowe, the band director, has […]
A spokesman for the Raleigh Police Department says a police officer was simply enforcing a city ordinance when he reportedly told, without explanation, a group of volunteers Saturday that they could be arrested for serving breakfast to the homeless. Love Wins Ministries posted on its website Saturday that the officer approached them as they were […]
Tomorrow, thousands will gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. and march to the King Memorial, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr.King’s son, Martin Luther King III. They will be joined by the parents of Trayvon Martin, and family members of Emmett Till. The marchers are in DC to stand together against the […]
Whose smarter than a governor? North Carolina resident Madison Kimrey, invited Governor Pat McCrory to stop by for a friendly conversation at Bicentennial Mall in Raleigh yesterday. Madison started a petition on MoveOn.org and over 10,000 people currently support her effort to meet with Governor McCrory. The 12-year old has attend at least 3 Moral […]
Gov. Pat McCrory refused to meet with a 12-year-old Burlington girl yesterday who hoped to bring her voting rights concerns to the governor. Madison Kimrey created a YouTube video and gathered more than 11,000 signatures through a petition on MoveOn.org calling for an opportunity to meet with Gov. Pat McCrory. Yesterday afternoon, she set up […]
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell was in Raleigh yesterday for a business forum and blasted North Carolina’s new elections law, telling Gov. Pat McCrory point blank it was wrong for him to sign it, according to WRAL. The new, sweeping law calls for voters to present photo identification at the polls, cuts the […]
Wake County Public Libraries has partnered with Barnes & Noble to support the libraries’ book collection. People are encouraged to visit one of the four Wake County Barnes & Noble locations on Saturday, August 24, 2013, and mention the library when making a purchase. A percentage of each purchase will go to the library system. […]
Join the Saint Augustine’s University Falcons for the “Stop Hunger Now” community service project, Saturday, August 24 from 10a.m. to 1p.m. at the MLK building. Stop Hunger Now is driven to end world hunger in our lifetime by coordinating the distribution of food and other life-saving aid and helping to mobilize the necessary resources to […]
Tracing African-American ancestors can prove challenging. The “Before Emancipation: Searching for African-American Ancestors” workshop at the State Archives of North Carolina Saturday, Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. will guide users to the tools, resources, and records available when researching African-American genealogy. The workshop is limited to 30 participants and pre-registration is required. […]
