The Charlotte Post, founded in 1878, targets the African American community in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area. The Post is read by thousands of area residents and has earned numerous national and local journalism and service awards.^{[citation needed]}

It is a weekly broadsheet that at one time sold for 50 cents a copy, but is now distributed at no charge at dark green vendor boxes located in Uptown Charlotte and throughout the city primarily in African-American neighborhoods.

Brian Gregory (born (1966-12-15)December 15, 1966 in Mount Prospect, Illinois) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team. He has previously been head coach for the Dayton Flyers and an assistant for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team.

From 1985 to 1986, Gregory attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he played on the Navy team that featured David Robinson and advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. He then went to Oakland University where he was a three-time all conference selection and in 1990 was named an Academic All-American. In 1990, Gregory graduated from Oakland University with a bachelor of arts in secondary education. He went on to earn a master of arts in athletic administration at Michigan State, graduating in 1992.

He was an assistant for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team for five years, from 1999 to 2003, under head coach Tom Izzo. During that time, the Spartans reached the Final Four three times and won the 1999-2000 national title.

Jeb Burton, full name John Edward Burton IV (born in Halifax, Virginia on August 6, 1992), is an American racing driver who competes in regional and national stock car competition. He is the son of Ward Burton, who was the winner of the 2002 Daytona 500, and is also the nephew of current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Jeff Burton. Jeb Burton competed for several seasons as a regular driver at South Boston Speedway, a historic American racing circuit that his family has historically been known for competing at, as well as at Ace Speedway; he has also competed in the ARCA Racing Series. Burton currently drives the #27 State Water Heaters Chevrolet Silverado for Hillman Racing in the Camping World Truck Series.

A native of Halifax County in south-central Virginia, Burton was educated at Halifax County High School, from which he graduated in 2011. Following in the footsteps of his father, in addition to his racing career Burton is an avid outdoorsman and hunter.

Burton started his professional racing career in the NASCAR-sanctioned Whelen All-American Series, in which drivers at local tracks compete for track championships as well as against drivers competing at other tracks for national titles, at South Boston Speedway shortly after his 16th birthday. He made his first start at the track, in the Limited Sportsman Series, in 2008, with his first full season of competition at the track coming in 2009; the 2009 season also saw Burton's best finish in the track's season-ending points standings, finishing 4th in the Limited Sportsman Series. Burton moved up to the track's Late Model Series in 2010, finishing 11th in the final standings, in addition to winning the track's Late Model Rookie of the Year award; he also competed in Late Models during the 2011 racing season.

Todd Bodine (born February 27, 1964) is a NASCAR driver. Todd is the younger brother of former racers Geoffrey and Brett Bodine. Bodine is known for his bald head, which has given him the nickname The Onion. He currently drives the #11 Toyota Tundra for Red Horse Racing in the Camping World Truck Series.

Bodine would make his Busch Series debut in 1986, for Pistone Racing at Martinsville. He qualified and finished 27th in the 30-car field, falling out of the race early with an engine problem.

Bodine went on a three year hiatus from the series until 1990, when he would drive eight races for Diamond Ridge Motorsports #42/#81 Ames Pontiac, making his season debut at Martinsville. He started 11th and finished in the 8th position. He then followed that up with finishes of 7th at Orange County and 3rd at Dover Downs.

In 1991, he signed to drive for Frank Cicci In his first full season in the series, he won his first career race, one of 15 top-10s in 1991. Bodine also won his first two poles: Back to back at Dublin and South Boston. He ended the year seventh in points.