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Program aims to inspire middle schoolers Students at East Forsyth Middle School learned last week that the road to success can be more than a little bumpy. Winston-Salem State University Athletic Director William “Bill”
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Anti-obesity effort paints the town purple
Novant Health Maya Angelou Women’s Health & Wellness Center launched the Bright Ideas web site last week to engage Winston-Salem/Forsyth County residents in the center’s effort to reduce obesity. The launch of the site
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Letters To The Editor: YMCA needs diversity
YMCA needs diversity To the Editor: I have been going over the events that happened in the meeting that took place April 9 at the (Winston Lake Family YMCA) about what kind of new
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Art and Real Life Meet
Playwrights, actors have face-to-face with sit-in icon On Feb. 8, 1960, Carl Matthews conducted a one-man sit-in at the S. H. Kress lunch counter on the corner of Liberty Street and Fourth Street in
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A&T Fulbright Scholar to study in UK
North Carolina A&T State University senior Emmanuel Johnson is headed to graduate school at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. The computer engineering major has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Award. The
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Downtown sees housing boom
Since opening the doors of the Purr-fect Cut Barber Shop on Liberty Street, Owner Walter Roy Little has dreamt of turning the building’s spacious second floor into housing units. Now, more than two decades
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Monk has Southern Baptist roots
Bushi Yamato Damashii, 43, has had a long spiritual journey, one that led him from Christianity to Buddhism, Baptist minister to monk. He was born Torrence Marquis Ramsey and raised a Baptist in West
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NAACP banquet to feature Barber
The NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet will be held on Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 910 File St. Rev. Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina State
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Rams claim CIAA titles
The Winston-Salem State University Baseball team and Men’s Tennis squad took home CIAA championship trophies last week.The baseball title came after a 9-1 defeat of Chowan University 9-1 at Whaley Colbert Field at Virginia
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Rev. Barber
A Leader’s Leader We hope you all take advantage of the opportunity Friday evening to hear from North Carolina’s very own drum major for justice, Rev. Dr. William Barber II. He has headed the
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