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Black History Month 2015 will end in a few days. All month media, organizations and businesses have given tidbits about African-Americans and their accomplishments. Some people who have been honored are living and some are dead. Some people are...

By James Ewers, Guest Columnist It has been so long that I don’t actually remember when I started celebrating black history.  I do recall that it started out as Black History Week. Upon quite reflection and over time, I have come to realize that...

The letter below was recently sent to the South Carolina State University National Alumni Association by Rep. James Clyburn: To: Our Fellow “Loyal Sons and Daughters,” Her Friends and Supporters From: James E. and Emily England Clyburn, Class of...

State-supported historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are under attack. They are graduating thousands of students who are productive and outstanding citizens. They are employing hundreds of people. They are pouring millions,...

Almost 190 years ago,  prominent free black men met in New York City to discuss forming a vehicle to communicate their views on issues that affect the Black community. Up to that time, Black Americans had been denied usual channels of public...

By Ron Daniels, Guest  Columnist The 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma -to-Montgomery March, and the passage of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in these events is correctly capturing the...

By James J. Hawkins, Guest Columnist A Nov. 8, 2016 rematch is scheduled for Tuesday morning! THE PROBLEMS: Our opposition is still mostly lifelong extreme conservatives, but some of our former progressive people have become so comfortable with...

By Bill Turner, Guest  Columnist President Obama and popular game show host Steve Harvey both spoke briefly, but profoundly, recently about the subject of slavery in America. The difference between their views was Dickensian: the best of...

U.S. citizens marching to gain their voting rights: This scene from the 1960s is repeating itself in 2015. In the 1960s, the face on the push for those rights was the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 2015, it is the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber...

I have been aware of Black History for a long time. I grew up in a household in which my parents and siblings made me aware of it. When I went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I was aware of it. I gravitated toward the Black...

In January, we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Various organizations marked Dr. King’s birthday in various ways, such as forums, service days and performances. Now the attention turns to Black History Month. For many African-Americans,...

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...