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Giovanni to accept honorary degree, speak to graduates
Nikki Giovanni will serve as the speaker for Winston-Salem State’s (WSSU) 2013 commencement on Saturday, May 18 at 9:45 a.m. in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. “One of the most widely-read American poets,
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USC legend to visit Bennett
Dr. Paula L. McGee will speak at Bennett College (in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel) on Thursday, March 21 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Motivated by her
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Former WXII reporter dies
Jane Harrington-Smith, who blazed trails as an African American reporter at WXII in the 1970s, passed away on Friday, Feb. 15. The Winston-Salem native was 61. Harrington-Smith joined WXII in the mid-’70s, after earning
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Native takes reins at Fisk
One of Winston-Salem’s native sons began his tenure as Fisk University’s 15th president last week. Dr. H. James Williams assumed his position at the helm of the esteemed historically black university in Nashville, Tenn.
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