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Former NBA star J.R. Smith named Academic Athlete of the Year at North Carolina A&T 

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Boy, 15, killed by man who said he was ‘tampering’ with car

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North Carolina teen accepted by 17 colleges after losing mother

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NC official gets the boot after refusing to refer to Black woman as ‘doctor’

Tony Collins was removed as Greensboro zoning commissioner after declining multiple times to acknowledge Carrie Rosario’s doctorate.
/ April 24, 2021
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Man found hanging from a tree was questioned last week in woman's murder

theGRIO REPORT – The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that it had not found signs of foul play on the black Georgia man found hanging from a tree Monday morning…
/ May 12, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Police: Black man found dead, hanging from a tree

theGRIO REPORT – Police in Greene County, Georgia, found a black man hanging from a tree Monday morning. A spokesperson for the Greensboro Police Department confirmed the hanging death to Atlanta reporter Nathalie Pozo…
/ May 11, 2015
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

North Carolina A&T wins 12th annual Honda Battle of the Bands

theGRIO REPORT – Marching band fans from across the country poured into Atlanta’s Georgia Dome on Saturday to celebrate the 12th annual Honda Battle of the Bands…
/ January 28, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Jay Z invites 12-year-old fan to rap his verse on stage during concert

E! Online – Jay Z made one boy’s dream come true over the weekend.
/ January 7, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

1 shot at North Carolina A&T State University

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A shooting on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University left a 21-year-old man wounded and prompted a brief campus lockdown…
/ November 3, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Franklin McCain, 53 years after Greensboro sit-ins, sees parallels in current North Carolina rights battles

theGRIO REPORT – It’s been more than 53 years since Feb. 1, 1960, the day when Franklin McCain, David Richmond, Joseph McNeil and Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan) bought a few things from the F.W. Woolworth in Greensboro, N.C., sat down at the lunch counter, asked to be served and were refused because of their race…
/ July 29, 2013