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Feb 3, 2022

AACC Hosts Avery Bolden for First Winter Gallery

On Jan. 14, the African American Cultural Center (AACC) hosted the opening reception for their latest art gallery entitled Black Girl Maverick. The art gallery is the first solo exhibit of the work of Avery Bolden. Bolden has a bachelor’s degree in art history from Old Dominion University. She is a native of Roanoke, VA…

Oct 28, 2021

AACC Welcomes Black Alumni Artist for 2nd Gallery

On Oct. 25, the African American Cultural Center (AACC) hosted an opening reception for their second art gallery of the 2021-2022 academic year. The gallery is entitled “Kurudi Nyumbani,” which is Swahili for the return home. The AACC chose this exhibit theme to highlight the 30th anniversary of the center’s existence at NC State and…

Oct 28, 2021

Back in Action: 2021 NC State Fair

After being closed last year due to COVID-19, the N.C. State Fair is back. This year’s fair, entitled “Worth The Wait,” was open from Oct. 14, 2021, to Oct. 24, 2021, and featured a wide variety of attractions and food. A total of 821,463 people attended this year’s fair. According to their website, the NC…

Sep 20, 2021

Sankofa: Learning From the Past To Build The Future

A small room covered with the history that inspires the future. The Sankofa exhibition opened Friday, Sept. 10 at the African American Cultural Center (AACC) and it was an experience like no other.  As the doors of the exhibition opened, the guests were greeted with music and photography of important moments of Black students at…

Sep 20, 2021

NPHC Hosts Social to Reach NC State Students

Meat NPHC was a social outreach event hosted by the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) at NC State. The event was hosted on Sept. 8 in the Witherspoon Student Cinema and the African American Cultural Center.  Meat NPHC was marketed as a social cookout event where students who were interested in NPHC sororities and fraternities could…

Feb 5, 2014

Twitter’s Alarm Clock: @TheBlackVoice

  An Interview with Triangle Activist and N.C. State Alumnus, Taurean R. Brown.  Chris Hart-Williams | Staff Writer Taurean Brown, activist, writer, and the man behind Twitter’s @TheBlackVoice, strives to wake people up and assist them in their journeys of consciousness through his tweets and writing. Brown, age 26,  began his activism about a year before he…