Zodiacs front man Maurice Williams dies at age 86
WEBAug 9, 2024 · Ninety-seven seconds cemented Maurice Williams’ place in music history. Mr. Williams, lead singer of Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, whose song “Stay” is the shortest No. 1 single on the Billboard charts, died Aug. 6 in Charlotte. He was 86. Born April 26, 1938, in Lancaster, South Carolina, Mr. Williams, a 2010 inductee to the North ...
NC A&T State endowment surpasses $200 million
WEBAug 16, 2024 · North Carolina A&T State University has reached a new level of support. A&T, the nation’s largest historically Black college or university by enrollment, is the first public HBCU to cross the $200 million endowment mark, territory that previously was surpassed by Howard University, Spelman College, Hampton University and Morehouse College – all private schools.
JC Smith football has reason to feel bullish for 2024
WEBAug 14, 2024 · JC Smith football has reason to feel bullish for 2024. Running back Quavaris Crouch’s arrival at Johnson C. Smith is driving anticipation for a breakthrough season for the Golden Bulls, who went 7-4 last season. This is the season of anticipation for Johnson C. Smith football. The Golden Bulls, who were picked to finish fourth in the CIAA ...
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Clergy: Vote 'no' on CMS school bond referendum
WEBOct 25, 2023 · Charlotte clergy oppose the $2.5 billion bond referendum for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and an unnecessary economic risk to taxpayers. Editor’s note: Thirty members of the African American Clergy Coalition in Charlotte signed as supporters. The $2.5 billion Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bond package on the November ballot is …
UNC Charlotte senior in vanguard to a new frontier
WEBApr 12, 2024 · Walter Kirkland Jr. lives by the phrase “You can.”. Kirkland, a senior at UNC Charlotte, will join the Space Force, the United States’ newest military branch. As one of only 120 people selected, Kirkland feels honored as one of the few minorities picked. He hopes to show people they can achieve their goals. “Not to sound cliche ...
Michael Martin new bishop of Charlotte Diocese
WEBJun 9, 2024 · The Catholic Diocese of Charlotte has its first new bishop in 20 years. Bishop Michael Martin was ordained May 29 and installed May 30 as spiritual leader of the diocese that is home to 530,000 Catholics across western North Carolina. He succeeds Bishop Peter Jugis, 67, who retired after 20 years leading the Charlotte diocese.
Theater looks at place and displacement in Charlotte
WEBAug 14, 2024 · by Herbert L. White. Theater looks at place and displacement in Charlotte. MIXED METAPHORS PRODUCTIONS. Mixed Metaphors Productions’ “Kudzu: A Story of Belonging” examines the intersection of place and displacement Aug. 22-Sept. 1 at QC Family Tree’s Big Blue House, 2916 Parkway Ave. A …
Charlotte Pride festival weekend: What to know
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Charlotte Pride’s annual street festival is back for a weekend of performers, vendors and parade. The festival will be open from 12-11 p.m. Aug. 17 and 12-6 p.m. on Aug. 18. The Charlotte Pride Parade will run from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday as an anticipated 200 contingents and 11,000 marchers make the procession along Tryon Street.
‘Blood, sweat and tears:’ How Brown justified the sacrifice
WEBMay 16, 2024 · Elliott. By May 17, 1954 – the date of the Brown ruling – the DeLaines and other Black families had paid a steep price for justice. By the 1940s, Clarendon County Schools spent an average of $42 per Black student compared to $179 per white student. Both lagged South Carolina as a whole, where school districts spent an average of …
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