Elvis Menayese
Race & Equity ReporterElvis Menayese covers issues involving race and equity for WFAE. He previously was a member of the Queens University News Service.
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Charlotte’s Three Bone Theatre opens its 15th season Friday with “Liberation,” a Tony Award-winning play that examines women’s fight for equality from the 1970s to the present day. -
Students at Johnson C. Smith University are preparing for their debut performance at one of the world's most prestigious concert venues in the world. -
For the fifth straight year, a group of artists will perform in uptown Charlotte to explore “the power of creativity and human connection" through “A Night of Artistic Renewal.” -
A ceremony in downtown Rock Hill Thursday honored and retraced the steps of the Freedom Riders, activists who rode buses into the Jim Crow-era South in 1961 to push for desegregation. -
Over the past four years, the number of alcohol-related visits to hospital emergency departments in Mecklenburg County has risen each year, with more than 10,000 visits projected this year. -
Members of the group New Generation of African American philanthropists will travel Friday from Charlotte to Alabama for a three-day pilgrimage focused on the Civil Rights Movement. -
Five years after disastrous Juneteenth event plan, Latta Place redevelopment begins with a new focusA groundbreaking ceremony in Huntersville on Monday marked the start of construction on an $11.2 million redevelopment project at a historic site that closed five years ago amid controversy tied to Juneteenth. -
A new Charlotte initiative aims to raise awareness about HIV among Black communities, which are disproportionately affected by the virus. -
A forum and film screening during Domestic Violence Awareness Month will aim to help community members in Charlotte recognize patterns of abuse and ways to overcome them. -
More than 50 people gathered at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in uptown Charlotte over the weekend for a celebration of Afro-descendant women and the cultures of the African diaspora.
