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Young musician’s talent leads to generous donation
Tyler Montgomery, 15, recently walked into The Bass Violin Shop in Greensboro to have his upright bass repaired. While waiting, he asked the owner if he could play the bass that the shop had
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State NAACP leader honored for fighting for all
North Carolina NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II recently received two awards acknowledging his work to help re-build the freedom movement in the South. Barber received “The Grio.com’s 100 Making History Today”
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Wright condemns usurpers of history
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright likened those who alter, edit or redact the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the Pharisees in chapter nine of John who created their own version of events
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Honors for WSSU tennis players
The Winston-Salem State University tennis program earned a pair of weekly honors last week from the CIAA. Sophomore Jonathan Aubrey and senior Bianka Locklear were named CIAA Players of the Week after a strong
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Black ministers’ group still divided over gay marriage
The church of the president of the Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity made national headlines, announcing that it would not perform any more heterosexual marriage ceremonies until same-sex marriages are also honored by
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Backyard pick-up debate reignited
The City Council will consider later this year whether to take measures to reduce the remaining number of backyard trash collections. The city moved to do away with backyard collection in 2005 when it
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New superintendent vows to earn trust
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education has selected its first-ever female superintendent. During a special called meeting at the Board of Education building on Hanes Mill Road Tuesday morning, school board members announced that
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Moral out of convenience
As a result of Ohio’s Republican Senator Rob Portman’s declaration last week that he now supports homosexual marriage, I am once again compelled to ask: Why are Christians and conservatives constantly apologizing for what
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Silent march to spotlight threats to voting rights
A number of local organizations are marking the anniversary of Bloody Sunday next month with a silent march. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, more than 500 peaceful marchers, led by John Lewis (now a
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Editorial: Criticism of President still taboo
WS Chronicle March 28, 2013 0The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been called a pastor’s pastor, a preaching master who’s like the opposite of March: comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. But not even his
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