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Professor’s story proof that all is possible
Dr. Nkrumah Lewis, a Winston-Salem State University professor and author of “Becoming a Butterfly: From Prison to Ph.D.,” shared lessons from the School of Hard Knocks and the wisdom of an unconventionally broad spectrum
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Ageless Wonders
City celebrates birthday with other 100-year-olds More than 40 of the city’s oldest residents were feted Friday afternoon during the City of Winston-Salem’s Centenarian Luncheon at Benton Convention Center. The luncheon, which was open
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Johnson: Social capital could change fortunes of the poor
Building social capital – or community connections and friendships across lines of race, class and neighborhood boundaries – is especially essential for those who are economically marginalized. Dr. James Johnson, the William R. Kenan
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Black Achievers Gala is this week
The Winston Lake Family YMCA will hold its 16th Annual Black Achievers in Business & Industry Awards Gala on Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sundance Plaza Hotel and Spa, 3050 University
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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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Transportation planners coming to town
Transportation planners from throughout North Carolina will convene in Winston-Salem May 15-17 for their annual conference. Citizens who are interested in transportation issues are welcome to register and attend. The North Carolina Association of
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Whitfield is NCCU’s graduation speaker
Fredricka Whitfield, a news anchor and correspondent for CNN, will deliver the address at the 121st Commencement exercises for North Carolina Central University on Saturday, May 11. The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m.
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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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Carver students hear from Superior Court judge
The Services To Youth Facet of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the Links, Inc. presented a forum, “Youth and the Law,” at Carver High School on Feb. 25. U.S. Federal Court Judge James Beaty gave
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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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