A North Carolina sheriff deputy has been fired after cell phone video footage captured him placing his knee on the neck of a Black man according to WITN. The Washington County Police Department Deputy Aaron Edwards arrested Gary Thomas for marijuana possession. A video of the arrest, captured by Thomas’ girlfriend, shows the incident escalated into […]
“I don’t know where the entry point is he won’t tell me where he shot him,” a woman is heard saying. “I’m trying to protect my daughter and my wife,” Deputy Hash said on the phone. “People are hostile right now.” As sirens blaze louder and louder, one of the witnesses runs over to him […]
A video shows a store clerk in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, beating up a customer as he suffers a seizure. Now, the local community is outraged as the victim has been hospitalized and now cannot move his body. The incident took place on Dec. 22 at the Princess Market convenience store around 3:30 p.m. after […]
Kevon Ricks body was identified after a fire occurred at a QVC facility in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The 21-year-old father, was reportedly found at a loading dock of the building. The father was the only fatality. According to a statement from Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday morning, December 19, Fire Search and Recover […]
“Really good — that’s how I see every one of my professors. I can’t sleep unless I know they’re okay,” she said. Parker says most of the students at these schools are children of color on free or reduced lunches. “We owe this to everyone who is suffering from systemic oppression,” Parker said. “Our folks […]
On Nov. 12, a North Carolina man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 24-years for murder has been pardoned by the Gov. Roy Cooper. Dontae Sharpe is now declared innocent of a crime he spent decades declaring he did not commit according to NPR. Gov. Cooper took office in 2017, says he reviewed the case. Sharpe’s […]
Another first for the sorority sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Elaine O’Neal, a member of the sorority was recently elected the first Black female Mayor of Durham, North Carolina. O’Neal defeated mayoral candidate Javiera Caballero with 84.69% of the vote after Caballero suspended her campaign following the primary election in October. Running on […]
Eliza Ann Grier born enslaved in North Carolina earned her M.D., and in 1898 she became the first Black woman to practice medicine in Georgia. It took her 8-years to finish her bachelor’s degree in education from Fisk University in 1891 because she took every other year off to pick cotton and perform other work […]
When it comes to supporting the community, you know that you can count on the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. To celebrat their 20th line anniversary, the Spring 2001 line of Deltas from the Alpha Mu Chapter of DST gave back in a major way. The sorors donated $10,500 in scholarship funds to […]
Christopher McNeil has resigned from position as deputy principal of Knox Middle School in Salisbury after being caught on camera threatening and assaulting a student. A video posted on Facebook reported by WBTV 3. McNeil is seeing cursing at the student and confirming that he understood what the consequences of his actions would be even before […]