The Post is read by thousands of area residents and has earned numerous national and local journalism and service awards.

[2][3] The paper regards itself as a leading provider of news and entertainment coverage from a Black perspective.

[2] It is a weekly broadsheet that at one time sold for $1 a copy, as well as distributed at no charge at dark green vendor boxes located in Uptown Charlotte and throughout the city primarily in African-American neighborhoods.

They provide after school programs for elementary children in Title I schools, offer community convening sessions to discuss issues impacting at risk communities and give scholarships to African American students.

[7] Back issues of The Charlotte Post are now available digitally thanks to Johnson C. Smith University.