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No Ways Tired
NAACP tour aims to recruit more warriors for justice The spirit of protest was alive and well when the N.C. NAACP’s Forward Together tour rolled through Winston-Salem last Thursday. Dozens gathered in the sanctuary of
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Vouchers making strange bedfellows
Controversial bill has support among Dems and the GOP Some call it opportunity; others say it’s anything but. House Bill 944, otherwise known as the Opportunity Scholarship Act, has been the source of controversy
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A Sweet Dream Come True
Girl, 9, opens downtown store Nine year-old Elasya “Bird” Jessup is downtown Winston-Salem’s newest entrepreneur. Elasya, a third grader at Kirkman Park Elementary in High Point, has parlayed her notorious sweet tooth into a
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Arrest strengthens Mendez’s resolve
Dr. John Mendez, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church, became one of the first local pastors to take a stand against what many are calling regressive legislation that is being handed down by the Republican-controlled
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No Justice, No Peace
Equal rights seekers took a page from the past this week when they staged a peaceful “pray-in” at the General Assembly. The group, led by N.C. NAACP President Rev. William Barber II, were beseeching
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Grand Gathering
City welcomes members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. received a warm Winston-Salem welcome at the Benton Convention Center last Thursday, the opening day of AKA’s four-day
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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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Hair braiders fighting licensure requirement
African hair braiders here and across the state are hoping the General Assembly will amend its impending licensure requirements for braiders. State Sen. Earline Parmon and then-Rep. Larry Womble sponsored a bill in 2010
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