NEWS

The Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agricultural Center is the first county building named after a Black woman, and the only agricultural center in the state of North Carolina named after a Black Family and Consumer Sciences or Home Demonstration Agent. The...

Phyllis Portie-Ascott was chosen to fill the vacant seat on the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, which voted unanimously in favor of her appointment — one of four final applicants for the position. Portie-Ascott was also the Orange County Democratic...

Town of Chapel Hill Rights a Wrong in 2022 Council Meeting Thirty-three years ago, local and state law enforcement, some wearing masks and carrying automatic weapons, swarmed a block of downtown Chapel Hill, forcing Black people to the ground for an illegal search. In...

The Carrboro Town Council has approved a Truth Plaque to be installed at the Toney and Nellie Strayhorn Homeplace located at 109 Jones Ferry Road. The plaque will read: “Enslaved in Orange County, Toney and Nellie Strayhorn were one of the first Black families to...

Howard Allen’s passion for agriculture started when he was a young child on his family’s homestead in Jamaica before moving to New York and then North Carolina. Faithfull Farms was born in 2013 when Howard began farming for market on his church’s land in Orange...

The Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum exhibit space in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History is the primary venue for the exhibit of artwork and other collections, supplemented by additional exhibit space in the entry/foyer area of the...

A community tribute to John Blackfeather Jeffries (1939-2023) will take place on Saturday, March 18, 2023, from 2:00 pm – 3:45 pm at the Jerry M. Passmore Center, 103 Meadowlands Drive, Hillsborough. Free parking is available. Hosting the event is the non-profit...

Remarkable Moments in Black History: A Conversation with the Authors of “Black Boy, Black Boy” Tuesday, Feb. 28 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm FREE! In-Person at Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill or Virtual Attending NC teachers will receive a FREE signed copy of the book! From inventor...

Phyllis Portie-Ascott was unanimously appointed by the six elected Orange County Board of commissioners during the board’s first meeting of February. The Durham real estate broker and first vice chair of the Orange County Democratic Party was selected from a group of...

The Marian Cheek Jackson Center is being featured for Weaver Street Market’s February Round-Up! The Jackson Center is a hub of creative action dedicated to preserving the future of historically Black neighborhoods in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC. Located in the heart...

The Chapel Hill Black Film Festival takes place on February 10th and 11th, 2023, at The Varsity Theatre, 123 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC. Friday, February 10th: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Saturday, February 11th: 1:00 pm - 10:00 pm The Chapel Hill Black Film festival...

Events Throughout Orange County  Orange County: Visit orangecountync.gov/3009/Library to learn about the “Read Black Books” challenge and reading lists of Black authors. Participants are entered into a raffle to receive a book of choice by a Black author or centering...

Tar Heels Help Preserve the History of Local Black Communities Carolina students are helping the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History curate oral histories from members of Black communities in southern Orange County. By Korie Dean, University...

The Spring Festival, which we call Chinese New Year, is the most celebrated festival in China and is also celebrated widely throughout Asia. It is the lunar new year and begins on the first day of spring, as indicated by the lunar calendar. It celebrates the coming of...

The Frame & Print Shop in Chapel Hill is honored to present an exhibition showcasing five talented local artists of color. ARTSPEAKS takes us on a journey in which we will feel the Artistic Vibes of five local artists of color. Through their art the artists...

Renée Price was sworn in as North Carolina House District 50 representative for Orange and Caswell counties. The oath was administered by Anita Earls North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice. Price served on the Board of Orange County Commissioners since 2012,...

On January 3, 2023, U.S. Representative Valerie Foushee, a Chapel Hill native, was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives. The Honorable Valerie Foushee was elected to serve as Representative of North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District....

The Town of Carrboro's MILK Day event will take place Saturday, January 14th, 2023, from 1 to 3 pm at Carrboro Century Center, 100 N Greensboro Street. Check back soon for details. With the theme, Finding Our Way Forward, UNC-Chapel Hill's Martin Luther King...

Chinese New Year 2023 is a Year of the Rabbit, more specifically, Water Rabbit, starting from January 22nd, 2023, and lasting until February 9th, 2024. Recent/upcoming years of the Rabbit are 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023, and 2035. If you were born in one...

On Tuesday, Feb. 7th from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, the Orange County Office of Equity & Inclusion and the Orange County Library are hosting a book discussion of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me. A light lunch will be served and the event is free and open to...

The Orange County Human Relations Commission announces that the 33rd Annual Pauli Murray Awards will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2023, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. in the Whitted Building at 300 West Tryon St,  Hillsborough, NC 27278. The Rev. Dr. Anna Pauline "Pauli"...

Exactly 52 years to the day after James Lewis Cates, Jr. died on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, the university is dedicating a memorial to honor his life and acknowledge his death. Then just 22 years-old, Cates — a Black man — was killed in 1970 in an act of racial...

According to the Federal Reserve, in 2019, the median net worth of white families was $188,200—7.8 times that of their Black peers, at $24,100. That wealth gap translates to many other disparities, including in business ownership, which is heavily influenced by...