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These colleges and universities will require students to get vaccinated before returning to campus “We’re just looking at it from a purely practical perspective of what it means to be safe and whole and respectful in community." Author: Tanya Mendis Updated: 8:12 PM EDT May 18, 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The return to campus may come with a COVID-19 vaccine requirement as a growing number of colleges and universities announced students and staff will need to pr...

The same curiosity that enabled the Pacers guard to raise his game to elite levels motivates him to learn about his familys legacy of activism.

Charlotte is made up of a lot of different neighborhoods. One of those neighborhoods is Grier Heights, a historically Black neighborhood. The area is filled with history, but also is planning for its future. In this episode, we answer the following from a listener: “What happened to Grier Heights? Founded by a former slave, it was once a thriving neighborhood of working- and middle-class black families.” How did Grier Heights get started? “It actually started with Sam Billings,” said M...

Copied! On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors met virtually to debate and then vote for the men who will make up the Class of 2021, and the results of that day-long session are to be announced this Saturday, the night before Super Bowl LV, during the broadcast of the NFL Honors Show on CBS. One of the items of business was a yay or nay vote on Bill Nunn in the Hall of Fames Contributor category. A bylaws change to the selection process was instituted in...

WFAE The Friendship 9 gather in 2015 when their convictions from staging a sit-in at a Rock Hill diner in 1961 were dismissed. In 1961, a group of Friendship College students in Rock Hill, South Carolina, staged a sit-in at the McCrorys segregated lunch counter. Known as the Friendship 9 , they were immediately arrested and sentenced to 30 days on the chain gang. Six years ago Thursday, that conviction was vacated. Charges were also dropped that day against four others who participated in the...

WFAE TAfo Feimster stands next to "NC 8," a mural he and fellow artist Abel Jackson just completed at 1600 W. Trade St. in Charlotte. The mural depicts eight legendary Black musicians from North Carolina. Almost as soon as you head west from uptown Charlotte into the historic Biddleville neighborhood, you’re greeted with public art. As construction crews worked on West Trade Street near where an extension of the Gold Line Streetcar is coming on a recent morning, color popped behind them. On...

/ Harvey Gantt stands on the steps of Sikes Hall on the day he entered Clemson University as its first Black student in 1963. On this holiday to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Americans are reflecting on King’s legacy and the divisiveness of the country, especially given the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol more than a week ago. In his famous 1963 "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," King wrote that “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and conven...

Updated floor design gives JCSUs Brayboy Gym a refreshed look Court shows off more wood, less paint   JOHNSON C. SMITH ATHLETICS Johnson C. Smiths Brayboy Gym has a different look with improvements to the floor shared by mens and womens basketball and volleyball. Home court has a new look for the Johnson C. Smith Golden Bulls. The school’s remote fall semester offered time necessary to update Brayboy Gym’s floor, as students were not on campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Because of CO...

Theroot.com and professor at morgan state university. hes also an msnbc political contributor. jason, what is going on with these record numbers? what are the reasons that youre finding and what is being done to accommodate this? >> well, its a lot of things. its money. whos in political power, and the students want to be respected. theres a lot of different factors that have pushed to this, and its been happening really for only the last two years. an intense increase. north carolina ant, howar...