History

(pictured above: Local Tennis advocate Beth Hopkins) Katrina M. Adams will make history in two ways when she becomes chairman of the board, CEO and president of the United States Tennis Association (USTA). When she begins serving her two-year...

Local retired health professionals fondly recall black med school Photos by Todd Luck.  Moderator Linda Dark stands as panelist Dr. Harvey Allen Sr. speaks. Beside him is Treva Oglesby. Seated behind them are (from left) Dr. Willard McCloud, Dr....

Acclaimed chef regales fans at ‘Eat and Greet’ (pictured above:  Pat Neely chats with fans last Thursday morning at Sweet Potatoes.) Early last Thursday morning, Sweet Potatoes was filled with the smell of home cooking, the sound of forks...

Nadiyah Quander has been named the new executive director of Winston Salem Delta Fine Arts Center Inc. She succeeds Dianne Caesar, who left the agency more than two years ago. Quander previously served as a business and marketing consultant for...

(pictured above: The house at 716 Humphrey St.) The city is seeking developers to restore the two surviving shotgun houses in the historic Happy Hill community. Long vacant, the houses – both on Humphrey Street and dating back to the early 20th...

(pictured above:  The Friends of the Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center pose in front of the library. They are (front, from left) Kim Bell, Linda Grier, Rev. Andrea Walker, Katherine F. Rucker, Constance Grier, Abiodun Harris, (rear,...

Because I was a horribly ill-behaved child, I found myself shipped from San Francisco to Moss Point, Miss. in August 1969.  My mother’s plan was that I’d spend my junior year in high school there and live with my schoolteacher aunt Annie Mae...

(pictured above:  Bowling standout Emily Strombeck.) The most decorated bowler in North Carolina A&T history has done it again. Sophomore Emily Strombeck added another accolade to her flourishing career last week as she was named a 2013-14...

(pictured above: Tony Dungy greets Wake Forest students during his visit to the campus last week.) Tony Dungy shared the trials and triumphs of his storied NFL coaching career at Wake Forest University last week. “It’s an honor to be here at...

Library stations help preserve family memories (pictured above:  Billy King at the digitalization station at the Central Library.) The Forsyth County Public Library is helping families preserve their most precious memories. “Digitization...

(pictured above: Montinique Cager poses with his wife, Pam at the recent mixer.) After a season of inactivity, The Winston-Salem Black Chamber of Commerce wants to write new chapters. Once a strong networking avenue for local professionals, the...

Public history master’s students at UNCG have uncovered a rich set of stories about the base featured in a new exhibition, “The Guantánamo Public Memory Project,” which opens today (Dec. 12) at 7 p.m. at the International Civil Rights Center and...

“The Loving Story” took home the award for Outstanding Historical Programing (Long Form) at the 34th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The screenwriter for the hit documentary is Bennett College alumna Susie Powell ’64, a former Bennett...

New WFU program will focus on training people-friendly docs Wake Forest University’s Interdisciplinary Humanities Pathway to Medicine Program aims to train a new generation of doctors who will treat patients holistically. The new program offers...

Yadkin County native Maurice “Mo” Cowan, who served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, will address a regional conference celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 10 a.m. in Memorial...

John W. Franklin, senior program manager of Community and Constituent Programs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, will speak at a Juneteenth luncheon at Old Salem Museum and Gardens next month. Franklin,...

Plans are underway for the Ninth Annual Triad Juneteenth Africana Festival, which will be held Saturday, June 15 at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Annex from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Triad Cultural Arts, Inc., which stages the annual...

African Americans have spent much of our history fighting for equal treatment. Just two generations ago, our parents and our grandparents were banned from eating at certain restaurants, attending certain schools, and working in certain...