African American Heritage Music Trail, Art Walk, Choral Society and more!
Published: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 @ 3:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Portraits from the African American Music Trails of North Carolina will be on display in the gallery of Arts of the Pamlico at the Historic Turnage Theatre in Downtown Washington from May 5, 2017 through May 31, 2017
Published: Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 @ 11:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It seems that politicians and the media can’t stop talking about teacher pay. The claim that the average teacher salary will reach $50,000 this year has been the subject of numerous political advertisements, fact checks, and opinion pieces
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 1:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eighty-five out of 10 African-American voters in North Carolina believe state lawmakers should do more to expand school choice, according to a new poll from the nonprofit organization Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Life Education And Resource Network L.E.A.R.N. The largest African American pro-life network in America will hold 3 days of demonstrations culminating at the recently opened National African American History Museum in Washington DC.
Published: Saturday, October 15th, 2016 @ 11:07 am
By: Jim Kouri
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Why do African American students receive a disproportionate number of short- and long-term suspensions from classroom teachers and administrators?
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory is encouraging citizen participation in four additional public hearings in coming weeks to offer feedback on a new monument on State Capitol grounds to commemorate the achievements of African Americans
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 @ 12:04 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Eastern North Carolina is rich with music of all kinds but is known for having produced some of the most transformative figures in the history of jazz, gospel and popular music.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 2:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Available in advance by phone, by visiting the AOP box office, or at the door the day of the performance beginning at 6:30PM...
Published: Sunday, March 6th, 2016 @ 4:25 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory is inviting the public to four hearings in March to provide feedback concerning a new monument on the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh dedicated to commemorating the achievements of African Americans
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2016 @ 9:42 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Chris Morgan's lifelong interests in art and science converged in a tiny village in Africa this fall.
Published: Sunday, February 7th, 2016 @ 5:25 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) today released the following statement in recognition of Black History Month...
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 9:18 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Governor Pat McCrory said he is pleased work has begun to place a monument honoring African Americans at the State Capitol.
Published: Friday, January 22nd, 2016 @ 12:09 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor McCrory’s Office of Small and Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB), within the Department of Administration, will host a special networking and matchmaking event tomorrow, March 26, 5 – 8 p.m. at NC State University’s McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015 @ 4:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A new study by researchers at East Carolina University suggests that equivalent health insurance coverage may not level the disparities between African-American and Caucasian lung cancer patients when it comes to the stage at which they're diagnosed.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 10:22 am
By: ECU News Services
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For the first time ever, most of East Carolina University's extensive African art collection is being exhibited simultaneously at six different sites during February.
Published: Thursday, February 12th, 2015 @ 6:58 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed February Black History Month in North Carolina, encouraging citizens to learn about our state's rich heritage of black history and its profound place in the advancement of African American culture and life in the United States.
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 6:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has invited all state employees and the public to the Annual State Employees Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance. The program, which will be held Friday, January 16, begins at 12 p.m. in downtown Raleigh at First Baptist Church on Wilmington Street.
Published: Sunday, January 18th, 2015 @ 12:50 am
By: Chris Downey
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The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa and the few recent infections in the United States have alarmed many Americans. Considering how modern transportation and technology have made the wide world into a smaller place, Americans should be concerned.
Published: Friday, November 14th, 2014 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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More North Carolinians voted early and within fewer days than in any prior midterm election. This was the first general election held under a compacted 10-day one-stop early voting schedule.
Published: Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 @ 10:41 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Halloween. Yesterday I may have set a record for "getting costume attention." I became Dr. Ebola!!!!!
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 4:55 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa intensifies daily, East Carolina University experts are coming together to present a public discussion of the disease and its potential impact in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Three years after the revelation that UNC-Chapel Hill’s African and Afro-American Studies Department offered no-show classes, the Carolina community is still grappling with academic-athletic scandals at the North Carolina flagship.
Published: Thursday, June 26th, 2014 @ 5:02 pm
By: Jenna Ashley Robinson
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On June 6, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced the receipt of the fifth largest donation in its history—$25 million from Charles and David Koch.
Published: Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 @ 4:19 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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H. Warren Rohlfs, 94, died Tuesday, June 17, 2014.
Published: Friday, June 20th, 2014 @ 10:34 am
By: Announcements
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ECU professor Alex Albright is continuing his quest to right an historical wrong suffered by a group of Greensboro college students who played an important role in integrating the armed forces during World War II.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 11:38 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Department of Cultural Resources will commemorate the legacy of what were known as "Rosenwald Schools" Thursday, February 20 at 7 p.m in the Walnut Building of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 11:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University will kick off its commemoration of African-American History Month with an opening celebration at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in Wright Auditorium.
Published: Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 @ 7:36 pm
By: ECU News Services
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He never served as president, governor, or U.S. senator, but Josephus Daniels was one of the most important and powerful figures in 20th-century North Carolina political history. Dr. Lee Craig, head of the Department of Economics and distinguished undergraduate professor at N.C. State University...
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 10:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After the Civil War, former slaves were encouraged to participate in a free-labor economy. But much of the South lay in ruins. It was difficult to find work, much less start enterprising careers.
Published: Thursday, December 19th, 2013 @ 12:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC academic fraud scandal is like a pesky staph infection that just won't go away for university officials - nor should it.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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The Democrat complaint list goes on and on against photo voter ID in North Carolina: voter suppression, new Jim Crow laws, onerous requirements for college students to cast ballots, etc.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 1:53 am
By: Thom Goolsby
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East Carolina University professor Dr. Thom Skalko is extending the university mission of service to South Africa, where he's collaborating on a project that will create new jobs and enhance quality of life in the community.
Published: Friday, June 28th, 2013 @ 9:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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