THE CHRONICLE’S ENDORSEMENTS: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board Early voting begins Thursday, April 19. The Democratic and Republican primaries are on May 8. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board is one of the important
“We need to speak out,” said Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Prayer Breakfast on Dr. King’s actual birthday and the celebrated holiday, on Monday, Jan. 15. The Chronicle and the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity sponsored the event.
Victor Johnson was instrumental in organizing the Winston-Salem Sit In Movement. Busta Brown asked which was first, Greensboro or Winston-Salem. He smiles and says, “They sat down first, but we ate first.”
(pictured above: Hall of Famers sit in the stands at Atkins Academic and Technology High School.) Special guests attended Atkins Academic and Technology High School’s basketball game on Friday, Jan.