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Demolition is underway on a historic west Charlotte building that served as a gathering place for African Americans for decades beginning in the 1940s.

Despite millions of dollars invested in HIV prevention and care, Black residents continue to account for a disproportionate share of HIV diagnoses in Mecklenburg County. In part two of WFAE’s series, we hear from people living with HIV, and from care providers and county officials about efforts to combat the virus.

We're continuing the conversation about being Black in America and how systemic racism continues to harm African Americans and all communities in this country. This is an unfiltered, honest discussion that happened after our previous conversation, and we're sharing pieces of that conversation with you.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden announced that a proposed policy called "Duty to Intervene" is currently being drafted and reviewed in response…

The Excelsior Club, Charlotte’s first African American-owned club, is officially in foreclosure. It opened in 1944, and at one point it was a center for…

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof shot and killed nine black parishioners at a bible study at Emanuel AME church in Charleston. Affectionately known as Mother…

Thousands gathered at Independence Park in Charlotte this weekend to celebrate Juneteenth. That's short for June 19th. The date back in 1865, it's…

The slightest change in support can tip the North Carolina vote in favor of President Obama or Republican challenger Mitt Romney.An Elon University poll…