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Black: Winston-Salem's Own M at -O S < t cd V ?H ? p CD i-t Bricks by African-American A Brick Maker are Preserved ? ? : , - . ' * - * -J at Delta Fine Arts Center By DAVID L. DILLARD Chronicle Staff Writer Evelyn Terry said most African-American youths will be inspired to work hard if they knew more about their ancestors and their history. Terry, who works for the Housing Authority of Winston Salem, feels one such African American that black youths in Winston-Salem need to become familiar with is her grandfather, George Henry Black. "Our youth need to know who molded and helped build this town," Terry said. "If you really knew the story, you would be in awe. And it would get rid of the lackluster attitude in tome of our youths." Black, a local brick maker was born near Liberty in 1879 and moved to Winston-Salem 10 years later. He and his father, George Marian Black, walked to Winston-Salem originally to find the younger Black's brother, Will, and discov ered the art of brick making. Terry said the economy in Winston Salem "seemed lucrative" and the elder Black went to get the rest of his family. ' Black who was 103 when he died in 19$2, built hand-made bricks that can be found in many buildings downtown, includ ing the library at Old Salem and the R.J. Reynolds factory at Fifth and Church streets. But the bricks are mostly in private homes - especially prominent in the Buena Vista area of the city, Terry said. The Mayberry's Ice-x Cream restaurant, which was located at 117 South Stratford Road before being demolished and moving to 50 Miller St. last month, was made with Black's bricks. The build ing's historical bricks, however, were not destroyed in the process.
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