Displaying items by tag: African American
UNCC professor, accomplished author to speak at Wingate’s Baccalaureate
WINGATE — Religious studies scholar, author and ordained Presbyterian minister Dr. Julia Robinson Moore will be the featured speaker at Wingate’s Baccalaureate on May 16. The 4 p.m. service will be held in the Batte Center’s McGee Theatre.
Business executive Hilda Pinnix-Ragland to speak at UNCP commencement
PEMBROKE — Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, a senior Fortune 500 business executive and philanthropist, will serve as keynote speaker at spring commencement at UNC Pembroke.
New Rural Project announces launch of Barbershop Conversations: Fruitful African American Discussions on Empowerment
WADESBORO — After hosting two Front Porch Conversations (Deep Canvasses) in Wadesboro on Feb. 26 and March 20 in partnership with the HOLLA! Center, the New Rural Project returns to Wadesboro launching a new partnership with Triad Barber School.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Ellerbe's Frye achieves several state firsts
On Feb. 3, 1983, Richmond County native Henry Eli Frye made history becoming the first African American to serve on the N.C. Supreme Court.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rockingham's Monique Stewart has successful track in railroad industry
Today we shine some well-deserved light on a 1987 Richmond Senior High School graduate who has made historic milestones. Monique Ferguson Stewart was the first African American female engineer to be hired at the United States Department of Transportation/ Federal Railroad Administration.
Robinson recognized by Rockingham for historical preservation
ROCKINGHAM — Local historian and former educator Ruth Robinson was recently honored for her contributions to the community.
UNCP to host Virtual Diversity event focusing on Native, Black histories
PEMBROKE — Drs. Malinda Maynor Lowery and Arwin Smallwood will facilitate a discussion titled “Sharing Black and Native Histories” as part of UNC Pembroke’s Virtual Diversity Series.
COLUMN: Spy and statesman fought for freedom
Whether Democrat Yvonne Holley or Republican Mark Robinson wins the 2020 race for lieutenant governor, North Carolinians will be electing the first African-American candidate to that post.
