Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
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 ...
‘Richest Black man in 1900’ built and ran nation’s first Black-owned textile mill in NC
Built by former slaves, the mill was so famous that W.E.B. DuBois included pictures of the building in an exhibit at the ...
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Inside North Carolina’s First Black-Owned Postpartum Retreat
North Carolina’s first ... also be one of only four Black-owned postpartum retreats in the U.S. Ziva, which was initially slated to open in the SouthPark area of Charlotte found a new home ...
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Black Man’s Compromised Capital Trial Could Lead To North Carolina Death Row Inmates Being Resentenced
Death row inmates across North Carolina may be eligible for resentencing after a judge ruled last week that a Black defendant’s capital trial was compromised by the presence of an almost all ...
Learn more about North Carolina’s rich Black history through these 10 iconic landmarks
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 ...
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Racial bias tainted jury selection and death sentence for a Black man in North Carolina, judge says
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 ...
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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 pool and to impose the death penalty in the 2009 trial of a Black man in North Carolina, a judge ...
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Did You Know That White Supremacists Overthrew A Thriving Black-Led City In North Carolina?
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 ...
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5 perks at Charlotte’s first Black-owned baby retreat
In the bustling heart of Uptown Charlotte, a groundbreaking facility is transforming the landscape of postpartum care.