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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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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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I Pledge …
Volunteers vow to serve as advocates for children More than a dozen volunteers took an oath Saturday on the campus of Winston-Salem State University to serve as advocates for children in court. For 30
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Solid Rock to mark pastor’s anniversary
Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate Pastor Waymon L. Monroe Jr.’s Sixth Pastoral Anniversary on Sunday, March 10 at 11 a.m. Dr. Tejado Hanchell, senior pastor of Mt. Calvary Holy Church, will preach.
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Mississippi, Again!
In 1969, while a graduate student at Notre Dame, I had a one night career on WNDU, the campus radio station. After I played Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam!,” I was banned from the airwaves.
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Clinic helps clear criminal records
After years of worrying about a criminal charge he incurred three years ago, city native Josh Sargent was given a second chance Tuesday afternoon. Sargent, who graduated from Western Carolina University in December, received
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Unlikely Civil Rights icon speaks
Dr. Bob Zellner, a white Southerner who played a part in the Civil Rights Movement, shared his story at Wake Forest University last week. Zellner was born and raised in lower Alabama, or “L.A.,”
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