by Cherie S. White | Sep 9, 2025
After spending three years ranked as the second-best amateur player in the United States, Arthur Ashe sealed his ascension to the top ranking with his five-set victory over Tom Okker in the first US Open tennis championships.The win on Sept. 9, 1968, also made Ashe,...
by Cherie S. White | Sep 9, 2025
Major General Joseph McNeil, one of the four North Carolina A&T State University freshmen who helped launch the sit-in movement that transformed the civil rights struggle, has died. He was 83. North Carolina A&T confirmed McNeil’s death on Thursday, September...
by Cherie S. White | Sep 8, 2025
Autumn would not be autumn without pumpkins. Pumpkins are a healthy root vegetable whose pulp is used in abundance in pies during the holiday season. But it’s the pumpkin seed that is the star of the show. These nutritional powerhouses can be eaten in cereal, trail...
by Cherie S. White | Sep 8, 2025
In late 1960, a six year old girl stepped into the school where she attended her first grade all alone, this courageous black child paved the way for the integration of schools at the troubled times of New Orleans. Ruby Nell Bridges, now a civil rights activist, was...
by Cherie S. White | Sep 8, 2025
New York City officials opened the doors of a unique school Thursday: a first-of-its kind Historically Black College and University (HBCU) preparatory high school in a major U.S. city.“There’s just not enough exposure to HBCUs across the country,” Principal Dr....
