The first presidential primary votes won't be cast for another two and a half years. And yet, over the span of 10 days in ...

Juneteenth also is a state holiday in North Carolina. In addition, city offices in Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point will be closed Thursday in observance of Juneteenth.

Sharing culture. Sharing history. Bringing the community together. That’s how people should commemorate Juneteenth, according to North Dakota organizers and advocates for the federal holiday.

My sense is that these poems might pick up someone’s spirit, they might deposit a resolution regarding some values,’ Forbes ...

Mark Bell will be on the ballot this fall again, as he announced Monday plans to file and run for re-election as the mayor of ...

Ayana Smith, a 19-year-old student at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, grew up on the North Fork. “Growing up here, and don’t get me wrong. I love this town, but it wasn’t exactly the ...

On behalf of the Hertford County African-American History Coalition, I would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to the sponsors and vendors of the Fifth Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Festival. This ...

Our Story!” Among them was Jeffrey Boston Weatherford, a children’s illustrator and performance poet from High Point, North Carolina. “Connecting the culture is imperative,” Weatherford said.

Eveangel H. Savage, president of the Eastern North Carolina Regional Association of Black Social Workers, said that Juneteenth should be a non-working holiday for several reasons.

North Carolina’s Senate Judiciary Committee spent Juneteenth advancing a bill to gut the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs across ...

Police in South Carolina and Oklahoma are investigating two separate shootings that occurred on June 21 as people gathered for Juneteenth events.

‘It Was Just Nothing But Hate’: North Carolina Auto Shop Employees Who Mocked Juneteenth In Viral Video Have Fled Store After Receiving Death Threats, Store Owner Claims ...