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| NCCU’s White continues outstanding season |
| Friday, April 26, 2019 |
| Hampton track coach Maurice Pierce has been named to the U.S. Track and Field staff for the 2019 International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in September. Pierce will help coach men’s sprints and hurdles. He is the only HBCU coach on staff. Fayetteville State golf coach John Cole was named the 2019 CIAA golf coach of the |
| Don’t be afraid to ask for forgiveness |
| Friday, April 26, 2019 |
| How many of you have ever been too embarrassed to pray, too afraid or really just too ashamed? Maybe you were afraid, or perhaps just feeling a little guilty. I know this firsthand. Sin, you see, comes in many shapes and sizes and colors and flavors. Only you and the Lord know how successful the world has been in tantalizing you to do exactly what you know |
| NCCU men sign 2 |
| Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
| North Carolina Central men’s basketball recently signed two community college transfers. Baltimore City CC transfer Kobby Ayetey, left, is a 6-foot-7 forward who averaged 11.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game his sophomore season, and was named to the All-MD JUCO First Team. A comment on Twitter said: “Coach LeVelle Moton got a good |
| BOOK: Letters to incarcerated son |
| Thursday, April 25, 2019 |
| Loving You, Thinking of You, Don’t Forget to Pray: Letters to My Son in Prison By Jacqueline L. Jackson Arcade Publishing, $25.99 HC Jackson, the wife of the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., promised her son, former Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., that she would write him every day while he served his 30-month sentence in federal prison (he was |
| It’s time to free our futures |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
| Almost 570 Durham Public School teachers requested off on May 1 in hopes of attending the North Carolina Association of Educators’ “All Out” rally in Raleigh. This move speaks to a nationwide movement of teachers coming together to transform our public education system into one that allows all students to thrive. It’s not a secret |
| New legislation would allow judicial discretion on drug crimes |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
| One of the latest pieces of national criminal justice reform legislation has made its way to North Carolina. The N.C. version of the First Step Act would give judges more discretion when sentencing non-violent drug crimes. President Donald Trump signed federal First Step legislation into law in December, and other states have enacted their own versions of |
| The Original Drifters to headline Smithfield festival |
| Wednesday, April 24, 2019 |
| SMITHFIELD – The Original Drifters will headline the 35th annual Ham & Yam Festival presented by Stevens Sausage and Agri Supply. A free concert is set for May 4 at 8 p.m. With roots in doo wop, soul and R&B, The Original Drifters are among the most purchased, most played and most popular groups in the history of beach music. More than 50 |
| Anti-racist activists arrested over Confederate monuments |
| Tuesday, April 23, 2019 |
| RALEIGH – On April 21, anti-racist activists from Smash Racism Raleigh gathered peacefully at the monument to the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy on the State Capitol grounds. This demonstration was a continuation of protests against the multiple state-sponsored and protected monuments at the Capitol. Activists allegedly climbed the monument |
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