Some say annual celebration has become trite (pictured above: Yolanda Bolden at the East Winston Heritage Center.) The black history flood gates opened on Feb. 1 and closes shut again March
“Imported from Detroit” was the tagline for a very popular 2011 Super Bowl XLV commercial. It featured images with Detroit-born rapper Eminem driving a newly restyled Chrysler 300 through the
(pictured above: Imam Khalid Griggs on the campus of Wake Forest University.) Khalid Griggs, imam of the Community Mosque of Winston-Salem and an assistant chaplain at Wake Forest University, toured the
For decades, hip hop music and culture has taken a beating for perpetuating what many believe are misogynistic and harmful messages. Winston-Salem resident Lloyd Leonard Jr. is hoping to change