Don’t miss Cary’s annual event celebrating the African-American experience. The 22nd African American Celebration scheduled for March 3-4 will focus on the life and journalism career of Cary citizen Cash Michaels. The event entitled “A Special Tribute to Cash Michaels-Reflections of a Journalist’s Life,” will be held at The Cary Theater in downtown Cary and is sponsored by the Town of Cary and the Ujima Group, Inc.
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Events are free but tickets are required. Please reserve separate tickets for each night.
Saturday, March 4
6pm Public Reception
7pm “
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An evening featuring an intimate one-on-one interview with Cash Michaels about his life and career and a performance by jazz musician Eve Cornelious.
About Cash Michaels
Cash Michaels is an award-winning contributing writer for the Winston-Salem Chronicle, and the Carolina Peacemaker in Greensboro. Michaels also serves as staff writer and award-winning columnist for the
Wilmington Journal newspaper in Wilmington, NC and has been a contributing writer to
The Amsterdam News in New York. Many of his stories are also carried across the nation via the 200-member National Newspaper Publishers Association.
Mr. Michaels is also a weekly news commentator for 680 WPTF-AM in Raleigh. Since January 2008, Michaels has served as a regular panelist on WRAL-TV’s “NC Spin,” the weekly public affairs program that airs statewide.
Michaels is happily married to his wife of 15 years, Markita, and they have two exceptional daughters, Tiffany and KaLa.