Greensboro News, Weather, Safety, Sports | NewsBreak Greensboro, NC (2024)

FAQs

What happened in Greensboro, North Carolina? ›

Greensboro sit-in, act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, that began on February 1, 1960. Its success led to a wider sit-in movement, organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), that spread throughout the South.

The News & Record is an American, English language newspaper with the largest circulation serving Guilford County, North Carolina, and the surrounding region.

WFMY-TV (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Piedmont Triad region.

Pretty much anywhere in east Greensboro. Also neighborhoods near Overland Heights and some areas along W. Market St. These are all areas focused on by the police.

Brice Street Area. With a median home price of $797,314 and a median rent of $964, Brice Street Area is the most expensive neighborhood on our list. Based on the growth in home prices in Brice Street Area over the last 3 years, it ranks No. 1 among all the neighborhoods in Greensboro.

Greensboro Demographics

Black or African American: 43.06% White: 41.81% Two or more races: 5.8% Asian: 5.34%

Greensboro is a city in North Carolina with a population of 297,202. Greensboro is in Guilford County and is one of the best places to live in North Carolina. Living in Greensboro offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents rent their homes. In Greensboro there are a lot of restaurants and parks.

Sports / Tournament Town. Long ago, the city of Greensboro was known as a textile town, saturated with mills, factories, and blue-collar workers. Today, the city is better known as “Tournament Town” for its wealth of athletic venues – courts, fields, stadiums, and even pools.

The News & Observer is an American regional daily newspaper that serves the greater Triangle area based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The paper is the largest in circulation in the state (second is the Charlotte Observer).

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

What was the name of the black owned newspaper in Wilmington NC? ›

The Wilmington Journal is a newspaper in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is North Carolina's oldest existing newspaper for African Americans. R. S. Jervay established the paper in 1927. It continued under his son Thomas C.

On Feb. 1, 1960, four African-American North Carolina A&T University students, Ezell Blair Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), David Richmond, Franklin McCain, and Joseph McNeil, began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they had been refused service.

Serving Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem and the entire Piedmont Triad of North Carolina.

WXLV-TV (channel 45) is a television station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Piedmont Triad region. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Greensboro-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYV (channel 48).

Safety at night:Moderate

Downtown Greensboro and areas around the college are often busy and well-lit at night, making them safer to walk around. However, some neighborhoods can be a bit risky, so it's advised not to wander alone late at night in unfamiliar areas.

How safe is Greensboro, NC? The metropolitan area's violent crime rate was higher than the national rate in 2022. Its rate of property crime was higher than the national rate.

The Coliseum itself is safe but the parts of the surrounding neighborhoods are not!