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The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has come and gone. The special service days are history, too, as well as the special programs. However, at least one program on MLK Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 19, has challenged the Winston-Salem community to keep...

When Black businesses ruled To the Editor: I grew up in Winston-Salem and attended an Afro American School. In this day and time, we call the gathering the Big 4, which get together annually. This correspondence is not to rattle anyone’s cage or...

Above: Valerie Jarrett, left, and  and Sylvia M. Burwell By Valerie Jarrett and Sylvia M. Burwell When Astrid Muhammad heard her phone ring on Friday, Jan. 16, the last thing she expected was a call from the White House inviting her to attend...

In photo: Bill Turner By Bill Turner The recent news that Johnson Publications of Chicago – the parent company of Jet and Ebony magazines – in hopes of raising $40 million, is selling off its photographic collection that contains more than five...

In photo: Marian Wright Edelman By Marian Wright Edelman “There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it.” Not too many years ago, Dr. Kirtley Mather, a Harvard geologist, wrote a...

The movie “Selma,” released nationwide on Friday, Jan. 9, depicts events leading up to the celebrated civil rights march from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery, the state’s capital, in 1965. Those events helped persuade President Lyndon B. Johnson to...

As a kid I remember always gathering at an uncle’s house after a funeral.  It was the place to play cards, laugh, tell family stories and of course, eat more food.   The house was small but somehow each generation had their own “space” and I...

(pictured above: Edward W. Brooke) Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who in 1966 became the first black person in U.S. history to be elected to the Senate, died Saturday, Jan. 3 at age 95. “A Republican in a largely Democratic state, Brooke...

The most casual of sports fans lost a friend when Stuart Scott passed away on Sunday, Jan. 4. The ESPN anchor was a fixture on “SportsCenter” for many years. He had been with the organization for 21 years. What made him so different was the way...

In photo:  George E. Curry is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Is Barack Obama, the nation’s first African-American president, trying to kill Historically...

(I feel) compelled to speak out about the value and the strengths of Winston-Salem State University. This article represents only my views and not those of the university or any segment of the university. Lately, many distortions have been...

“Hands Up,” “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” have become ubiquitous, a rallying cry for legions disheartened and dismayed by excessive police violence and society’s willingness to turn a blind eye to it. Black shirts with stark white...

(This op/ed was originally published Dec. 15 in the (Greensboro) News and Record.) With the year quickly drawing to a close, we are all looking forward to what comes next — holiday plans with friends and family and the promise of a New Year. But...

In photo: Columnist Omar Tyree, who says real truth is more complex than a bunch of shocking sound bites. By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist In the middle of an American turmoil between the police force and African-American men, what I would like in...

In photo: Columnist Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., who says Black America’s national leadership should immediately convene a summit. By Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. NNPA Columnist As we begin 2015, millions of people throughout the world will make their...

In photo: Lee A. Daniels By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist There are critical similarities between the furious controversy in the fall about the Ebola crisis in the U.S. – that never materialized – and that which has followed the heinous murder...

The recent senseless innocent murder of two New York City police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, is a national tragedy, which warrants mourning and sympathy by all. All life is sacred and has dignity and worth, including both the police...

Bill Cosby To the Editor: The Cosby affair forces the court of public opinion to weigh elements of racism, sex and violence all at once.  Unless you have been living under a rock and have not heard, Bill Cosby, America’s quintessential father...