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Black players who paved the way for others honored with tribute at Charlotte Knights game
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo Canada Sports· 3 months agoWali Cathcart’s love of baseball forced him to leave the South. Because he was Black he knew the...
From segregated NC to ACC elder statesman, FSU’s Leonard Hamilton forged his own path
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoFlorida State head coach Leonard Hamilton grew up in Gastonia, following ACC basketball on the radio...
Opinion: What it says about America when Jackie Robinson’s statue is destroyed
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months ago“If erecting a statue of Jackie Robinson symbolizes hope for a better America, what does it reveal...
Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Aims for Grool $30 Million Over Holiday Weekend
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoCan “Mean Girls” make fetch happen at the box office? Paramount’s new take on the teen classic is...
When a famous Fort Worth chef baked 330 fruitcakes — one for every soldier in Vietnam
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoMore than 50 years ago, chef Lucille Bishop Smith of Fort Worth sent every local soldier in Vietnam...
Grief has its own abstract language. Tomashi Jackson shows you how
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoTomashi Jackson is beloved. She joked during our Zoom call that I had good juju. A dear artist friend had texted her out of the blue; Jackson teased that it must have been my charm. I think ...
Charlotte civil rights activist who helped desegregate schools dies
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoSarah Stevenson, a Charlotte civil rights pioneer who helped create an influential forum for...
Inside Tony Bennett's Civil Rights Work, Marching with Martin Luther King Jr. and Liberating Nazi...
People via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoThe legendary jazz vocalist, who had been quietly living with Alzheimer's disease since 2016, died...
Tony Bennett’s Voice Made People Smile for Half a Century
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoDominick Reuters/AFP via GettyEveryone loved Tony Bennett for the same reason he loved Louis...
'Liberty, equality, fraternity' for all? New riots make France confront an old problem
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 12 months agoPARIS (AP) — “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The lofty ideals to which France has long aspired are...