Elvis Menayese

A ceremony was held in Rock Hill on Thursday night to recognize three African Americans who played a key role in integrating baseball in the South in the 1950s.

A ceremony occurred in Charlotte today that celebrated the transfer of land where newly freed slaves built a church and cemetery. The consecrated land has now returned to their descendants and others with ties to the church.

Mecklenburg County plans to host a forum on Wednesday to recruit volunteers for the upcoming annual Point-In-Time count that assesses the state of homelessness.

A new exhibit is on display at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture in uptown Charlotte. It profiles iconic jazz artists who played in a period that included the Jim Crow era.

A $9 million project for a new mosque is expected to open next year in Charlotte. Pillars Mosque will serve the city’s growing population and diverse Muslim community, which includes an increasing number of converts. The project is led by John Ederer, the mosque’s imam, who is white and also a convert.

With mental health needs still high and access a challenge for many, more than 200 people attended a conference today at a Charlotte hotel in the University City area that aimed to raise awareness about the topic.

An updated tool called the Opportunity Compass aims to show how the Charlotte community is doing in helping children born into poverty improve their chances of escaping it. The latest report shows Charlotte mostly holding steady, with a decline tied to child and family stability.

Approximately 1,000 people attended a ceremony at Davidson College Thursday to witness the unveiling of a monument that pays tribute to the enslaved individuals who contributed to the college's construction.

With the municipal election less than two weeks away, the Charlotte Muslim Caucus plans to host a forum with elected officials about the transit sales tax referendum on the ballot on Nov. 4.

As part of his vision for improving North Carolina’s public schools, state superintendent Mo Green stopped by a Charlotte public school to outline his strategy plan, which Green hopes will make the state's schools the best in the nation by 2030.