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Looking Back
Residents point to significant local black history events over the last 100 years The city’s four-day Centennial Celebration, which began today (Thursday, May 9) has been cause for much reflection, as members of the
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Nominations sought for Dr. Rodney Unity Award
The St. Philips Heritage Center at Old Salem Museums & Gardens is seeking nominations for the inaugural award in honor of the late Rev. Dr. Cedric S. Rodney, a Moravian minister who led the
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Opportunities to take part in Centennial events
The Winston-Salem Centennial Commission is making the Centennial website available to residents and organizations to share their centennial events and memories. Any organization that is having a centennial-related event can have information about that
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Festival explores links between blacks and Native Americans
Hashim Saleh has dedicated much of his life to the celebration of African culture through his Otesha Creative Arts Ensemble, the state’s oldest African American drumming and dance troupe. The Bronx, N.Y. native knows
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Farewell, Dr. Rodney
Friends, Colleagues Give Retired Professor a Big Send-Off Winston-Salem State University bid a fond farewell last week to Rev. Dr. Cedric Rodney, who has retired after a stellar 40-year career. Rodney, the school’s James
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