February is Black History Month, an appropriate time for celebrating the struggles, triumphs and contributions of this nation’s African American citizens. Born in February were President Abraham ...

The death of Ruth Ann Butler sent shockwaves through the Upstate as political figures McMaster and White offer condolences to ...

WISN 12 News is celebrating Black History, highlighting important facts and figures each day of Black History Month.

The new Pauli Murray Center in Durham, North Carolina, preserves the legacy of a gender-nonconforming giant of the civil ...

From the site of Durham’s Black Wall Street, where Black-owned businesses thrived, to the site of the state’s oldest ...

The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...

By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...

This weekend, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will mark the 65 th Anniversary of the Woolworth Sit-Ins./ On February 1 st, 1960, four North Carolina A&T students started a ...

Auditions for the 2025 Asheville Community Talent Showcase (A.C.T.S.), a vibrant celebration of the rich talent from ...

"Generations after us will be able to say that's where history was made," said Guilford County Commissioners Chair Melvin ...

Other states (like Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and New Mexico), have ruled that partisan gerrymandering violates voters’ rights under similar provisions. Representing the League of Women Voters of South ...

1998 – A South Carolina jury awards the largest judgment ever against ... a report finding that most states fail at teaching students about the civil rights movement. 2011 – The public school district ...