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Inaugural issue of the Raleigh Journal of Industry in 1879. This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in North Carolina. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in North Carolina was the Journal of Freedom of Raleigh, which published its first issue on September 30, 1865. [1]
“It’s a starting point and, of course, there is more to be done,” one Raleigh city council member said. Raleigh leaders apologize for city’s racist past Skip to main content
Overall, 19 states, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, have elected a Black woman to represent them in the U.S. House. There are currently 42 Black female representatives and three Black female delegates in the United States House of Representatives. Most are members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Calvin Jones (1775–1846), Mayor of Raleigh, Adjutant General of North Carolina, and founder of Wake Forest College [23] I. Beverly Lake, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; Clarence Lightner (1921–2002), mayor (1973–1975); Raleigh's first popularly elected African-American mayor and first of any major Southern city
Starting Monday, former residents and advocates for Fourth Ward will hold a week-long celebration and demand recognition for their lost neighborhood.
Raleigh bought houses from the 87 residents who were homeowners and paid them $15,000 in relocation fees. Another 222 people went into public housing, notably Heritage Park.
Constance Bumgarner Gee is an American scholar, memoirist, animal rights activist, and advocate of the medical use of cannabis. She was the founder and director of the Arts Policy and Administration Program at Ohio State University , and later an assistant professor at Brown University and tenured associate professor at Vanderbilt University .
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