(Above: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin- President Barack Obama, fourth from left, listens to Rep. John Lewis, (D-Ga.), as he speaks about “Bloody Sunday” as they and the first family, civil right
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Locals mark Juneteenth (pictured above: Residents enjoy Saturday’s Juneteenth street festival.) The city’s annual Juneteenth festival celebrated a landmark anniversary in a new location on Saturday, but the hours-long, jazz-infused
More than 180 people attended the Wake Forest University Black Law Students Association 29th Annual Scholarship Banquet on Feb. 28 at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Guest speakers
Lin Taylor Graphic Design is celebrating 25 years in business this year. Owner Lin Taylor Johnson and her employees are commemorating their longevity with a client appreciation event. It will
John W. Franklin, senior program manager of Community and Constituent Programs at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and
Winston-Salem’s four-day centennial celebration begins Thursday, May 9, with the unveiling of a local historic marker commemorating the centennial, followed
The staff of the C.G. O’Kelly Library at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) will celebrate National Library Week by hosting “From
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, has
Many will be honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday – the federal holiday in his honor – by
