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Union leaders recalled as trailblazers
A permanent tribute to workers whose strike led to the formation of a landmark union now stands at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Fourth Street. A celebration and unveiling ceremony
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New Century, Same Cause
Marchers stand for voting rights Local residents took a page from the 1960s Sunday, taking to downtown streets for a silent march to protest measures being considered by the state legislature that could deny
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Marker to immortalize Reynolds union
Twenty years before the now-famous March on Washington, workers in Winston-Salem were fighting for their rights through Local 22 of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, and Allied Workers-Congress of Industrial Organizations (FTA-CIO). Local 22 was
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Rallying to Right Wrongs
On Saturday, Feb. 9, thousands of participants arrived at Shaw University (in Raleigh) to march to the General Assembly (The People’s House) on Jones Street. The State NAACP, in conjunction with more than 100
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Noon Hour Commemoration Attendees Witness History
President Barack Obama served as the keynote speaker of this year’s 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Noon Hour Commemoration, as attendees viewed his televised inauguration ceremony Monday at the M.C. Benton Convention Center.
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Local Dems host their own ball
The Forsyth County Democratic Party closed Inauguration Day in style with a festive celebration Monday night. Dozens flocked to the Millennium Center downtown to take part in “The People’s Ball.” The $5 admission fee and anything goes dress code
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WFU black law students hosting voters forum Special to The Chronicle
The Wake Forest University Black Law Students Association (BLSA) will host a Voter Rights Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 2400 Dellabrook Road. With the near-change
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