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 ...

From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest surviving African Church, built more than 160 years ago, there’s no shortage of ...

During his career, Eddie G.G. Burton barnstormed across the country with such all-stars as Satchel Paige, Minnie Miñoso and ...

In the bustling heart of Uptown Charlotte, a groundbreaking facility is transforming the landscape of postpartum care.

Racial Bias Tainted Jury Selection and Death Sentence for a Black Man in North Carolina, Judge Says SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury ...

Between 1896 and 1902, the number of Black voters registered in North Carolina fell from 126,000 to 6,100. Wilmington did not elect another Black candidate until 1972. The violence in Wilmington ...

SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ...

Racial bias tainted the decision to strike Black people from the jury pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ruled on Friday, part of what ...

Hornets Sports & Entertainment is celebrating Black History Month 2025 ... the first of its kind in the NBA. Charlotte Hornets Digital Designer and North Carolina native Mike Jones brought his ...

The Charlotte Hornets’ newest jersey, representing Black excellence for Black History ... Observer Mike Jones had a vision. The North Carolina native and digital designer on the Charlotte ...