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Thursday June 30th

The Racial And Ethnic Minorities Issue

Data shows mental health decline for adolescents, minority populations during pandemic

By Emmy Martin | Apr. 27

According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, 37.1 percent of high school students experienced poor mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. For East Chapel Hill High junior N’Zai Davis, the increased disconnection from their friends during the pandemic contributed to their poor mental health. “I was coming to terms with some things in my own personal life, so it was a great time for change as well as a hard time to get through because it felt like a lot of people were disconnected and it felt lonely,” they said. “It honestly just felt very lonely.”

Customers dine at Mama Dip's Kitchen for lunch on May 24.

Here are some Black-owned businesses you can support in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

By Audrey Selley | Jun. 5, 2020

Jamison Lowery, president of the Carolina Indian Circle, delivered a land acknowledgement at the beginning of the Silent Sam birthday celebration. This named and acknowledged the Native American tribes who inhabited the land where UNC now stands.

Carolina Indian Circle acknowledged that UNC was built on Native American land

By Stephanie Mayer | Aug. 22, 2019

Graduates decorated their caps for the ceremony, many giving shootouts to their moms on Mother's Day.

Here's what UNC is doing to boost minority graduation rates

By Addison Skigen | Jul. 8, 2019

Sophomore psychology and statistics major Joanna Zhang works as a student DJ at UNC's WXYC.

Shaw University to sell its historic radio station, despite major alumni pushback

By David Saff | Apr. 1, 2018

The DTH has a 125-year-old, institutional diversity problem

By Jared Weber | Feb. 23, 2018

A UNC worker takes down Saunders' name from Carolina Hall on June 3, 2015.

UNT student petition stirs up memories of UNC's Saunders Hall

By Cate Byrne | Feb. 22, 2018

Students at the University of North Texas are petitioning to have a new building named after a woman or a person of color. Despite over 50 percent of UNT's undergraduate student body identifying as people of color, no buildings on its campus are named after people of color. This controversy is reminiscent of the situation on UNC's campus during the 2015 renaming of Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall.

The Rosenwald Practice School at what is now Elizabeth City State University, circa 1925. The school was constructed in 1921 with $1,000 and was used to train local, black students to become teachers. Photo courtesy of Elizabeth City State University Archives.

Preserving the old to celebrate the new: ECSU to create African-American Heritage Center

By Anna Pogarcic | Feb. 21, 2018

Preserving the old to celebrate the new. Elizabeth City State University plans to create an African-American Heritage Center on campus from a building steeped in history and culture.

Duke aims to bring minorities into STEM graduate programs

By David Saff | Jan. 23, 2018

A new program at Duke aims to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in STEM grad programs.

(From left) Kayla Dunson, Cheyloh Scott, and Jennifer Grayson from Fayettville, N.C. attended Saturday's march.

Raleigh's rally: Thousands gather for women's rights in the state's capital

By Mitra Norowzi | Jan. 21, 2018

Ice still covered the grounds of Halifax Mall, but thousands of women and allies braved the cold to stoke the fires of resistance Saturday morning at the Women’s Rally on Raleigh.

Students, faculty and employees participate in exercise classes in the Student Recreation Center on Jan. 24, 2017.

Disadvantaged minority college grads face increased health risks

By Mitra Norowzi | Jan. 15, 2018

A new UNC study may have implications debunking the traditional rags to riches narrative surrounding upward mobility and its relationship to higher education.

Students gathered on the steps of Wilson Library to attend a vigil honoring the lost and threatened lives in the transgender community on Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2015.

U.S. violence against transgender community is the highest it's ever been

By Emma Boggess | Dec. 5, 2017

The transgender community experienced the highest level of fatal violence this year than ever recorded in the United States, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Lloyd Williams stands in front of a robot. Williams is a computer science professor at Shaw University working to diversify his field. Photo courtesy of Williams.

Q&A with Shaw University professor about diversity in computer science

By Ryan Smoot | Nov. 28, 2017

Shaw University Professor Lloyd Williams is trying to bring diversity into computer science — an industry disproportionately dominated by white or Asian-American men. He’s doing so by bringing innovation to the classroom at Shaw University, a historically black college in Raleigh. Staff Writer Ryan Smoot asked Williams about how he is trying to change perceptions of programming.

Students at N.C. Central University, one of UNC system's five HBCUs. Photo courtesy of Keisha Williams.

Economic impact of HBCUs is almost $15 billion, study finds

By Lucas Risinger | Nov. 27, 2017

American Historically Black Colleges and Universities contribute $14.8 billion to the U.S. economy, according to a new study.

Along with her friend Sophie Houser, left, Annie Gonzales, right, co-authored “Girl Code,” a young adult non-fiction book detailing her and Houser’s journeys into computer science, GWC, and becoming viral game developers. Photo courtesy of Gonzales.

Girl code: University programs promote women and girls in STEM

By Mitra Norowzi | Nov. 20, 2017

Despite research showing increased diversity of work teams yields better performance in the technology sector, the industry is still plagued by a lack of female presence.

The Student Union at Kansas State University. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Kansas State University hopes to inspire colleges nationwide with diversity event

By Emma Boggess | Nov. 15, 2017

Kansas State University cancelled classes and closed offices for two hours Tuesday afternoon so faculty and students could participate in a campus-wide event promoting diversity.

Kyle Kufert, a junior biology major from Charlotte, rides on the UNC LGBTQ Center float at the NC Pride Festival and Parade in Durham on Sept. 27, 2014.

LGBTQ representation increases in North Carolina

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | Nov. 14, 2017

Six openly LGBTQ politicians were elected in North Carolina’s municipal elections on Nov. 7 — bringing the total of openly LGBTQ elected officials in the state to 20.

Duke aims to solve racial and ethnic health care disparities with new center

By Kayli Watson | Nov. 14, 2017

Duke is launching a center that will aim to decrease health care disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.

Latina Equal Pay Day aims to close Latina pay gap

By Mitra Norowzi | Nov. 1, 2017

The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement is sponsoring Latina Equal Pay Day, a day recognized to bring awareness to the Latina pay gap, on Thursday.

Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, the newly elected president of the North Carolina chapter of the North Carolina National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. N.C. Photo courtesy by N.C NAACP

Q&A with newly elected NC NAACP President Rev. T. Anthony Spearman

By Emma Boggess | Oct. 25, 2017

Rev. T. Anthony Spearman is the newly elected president of the North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Staff writer Emma Boggess asked Spearman about his involvement with the N.C. NAACP and his goals for the coming years.