Raleigh’s 2024 mayoral race is heating up. Two candidates, Eugene Myrick and Terrance Ruth, are vying to make history. If elected, either would become Raleigh’s first Black mayor since Clarence Lightner in 1975. The race comes as current…
Learn about how Wangari Maathai, the first Black African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, made history through her environmental activism, particularly with the Green Belt Movement, and her advocacy for sustainable development, women’s empowerment,…