Frigid temperatures and freezing rain couldn’t stop Barbara Robinson from helping those in need. Through her nonprofit, What’s Beneath the Uniform (WBU), Robinson fed over 125 people in the downtown area of Winston-Salem.
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Ed Gainey has seen the highs and lows of professional football. From being cut to being an All-Star, Gainey’s decade in the Canadian Football League (CFL) is truly a success story.
Busta’s Person of the Week: ‘I’m just a nobody trying to tell somebody about God.’
Crystal Towers saga continues while fate of 200 residents remain in limbo
For the second time since 2019, state lawmakers are looking to get a bill passed that will add seats to the Winston-Salem City Council.
New exhibit at Delta Arts Center showcases quilt-making in African American culture
Former Chronicle columnist receives national book awards
On Feb. 1, 1960, four freshmen from N.C. A&T State University, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joe McNeil, and David Richmond, walked into the F.W. Woolworth Company department store in downtown Greensboro, sat down on the brightly colored seats at the lunch counter, and sparked a movement that would ignite communities across the country to fight against segregation. To commemorate the 61st anniversary of that historic day, earlier this week more than a dozen top Black law enforcement officers in the state met at the former department store, which is now home of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum.
Last week the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education approved a middle school redistricting plan that will bring some major changes to the district beginning with the 2021-2022 school year that will directly impact students at several schools.
An historical look at Kwanzaa in Winston-Salem: The past and present inform us
