Commentary: The Peach State has sunk into a shameful voting pit
By Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. What does it mean to be our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper? Is that an expression that sounds good but has little to no meaning?
Brittany Ward and the Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E. (H4L) nonprofit organization has continued to make their presence felt in the community. Ward, founder of H4L, has expanded the scope of what the organization has been involved with and recently held a STEM event for the kids in the program.
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The name Hazel Mack is well known throughout the city of Winston-Salem and across the state for many things: her work as an attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC), a statewide nonprofit that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people; founding Carter G. Woodson School; serving as director of outreach of Wake Forest School of Law; and a host of other accomplishments. When discussing her journey through life, Mack said everything she’s achieved in life was set in motion in the summer of 1969 when decided to join the Winston-Salem chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP).
It has always been Lee Price’s dream to own his own restaurant. When he was in the sixth grade, he was given an assignment to write about what he wanted to be when he grew up. “I said I wanted to manage and run my own restaurant … when I read it out loud to the class, a few people laughed. But I didn’t care, that’s what I wanted to do,” he said. Last week Price’s dream became reality when Papa Lee’s Grill opened at 2600 New Walkertown Road.
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