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Historic market unveiled honoring city’s connection with Liberia

    Historic market unveiled honoring city’s connection with Liberia

Last weekend a historic marker commemorating the immigration of African Americans from Salem to Liberia was unveiled at the corner of Liberia and Free Streets in the Happy Hill community.

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Hundreds celebrate legacy of city’s first black neighborhood

    Hundreds celebrate legacy of city’s first black neighborhood

Last weekend residents from the past and present came together to celebrate the city’s first established black community during the 24th annual Happy Hill Reunion. The legacy of Happy Hill,

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Cemetery effort identities names on headstones 

    Cemetery effort identities names on headstones 

Those who clear and clean up Happy Hill Cemetery are still looking for volunteers, especially those with loved ones who were laid to rest in the historic African-American cemetery.  

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Happy Hill school and spring get historic marker

    Happy Hill school and spring get historic marker

Happy Hill has a new marker to denote a historic spring and an 1867 school built by freedmen. The marker was dedicated on Saturday, May 20, in a ceremony by

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Happy Hill Salutes Cops

    Happy Hill Salutes Cops

(pictured above: Honoree Delray Anthony (left) poses with Council Member Derwin Montgomery and organizer Ben Piggott.) Some of Winston-Salem’s finest grew

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Jobs program pushes to fill roster

    Jobs program pushes to  fill roster

YouthBuild, a new City of Winston-Salem program, is giving high school drop-outs a chance to earn their GEDs while learning

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Safety rules remain as pool season starts

    Safety rules remain as pool season starts

Bolton Pool, which opened over the Memorial Day holiday, will also be open June 1-2, as will Polo Pool. The

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Looking Back

    Looking Back

Residents point to significant local black history events over the last 100 years The city’s four-day Centennial Celebration, which began

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100 years later

    100 years later

Winston-Salem is holding a big birthday party this weekend. It was 100 years ago that the towns of Winston and

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