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Parker Tells Wake Students To Reach Out m Forrest Parker, vice president for Multicultural Affairs at Mary Washington College, talks to Wake Forest University Students at a recent Multicultural Summit. A Maintain cultural identity; but relate to other races ByfoHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Minority students at Wake Forest University must maintain their cul tural identity while reaching out to other ethnic groups on campus, the vice president for Multicultural Alfairs at Mary Washington College said recently. "There are many roadblocks to multiculturalism," said Forrest A. Parker, the presenter at the Multicul tural Summit at WFU's Worrell Pro fessional Center. "We have a tendency to gravitate toward comfort zones and to people who share a likeness with us. You have to move beyond that comfort level." About 30 student leaders attended the event sponsored by the university's Office of Multicultural Affairs. Multiculturalism includes the cul tures of all students on campus, he said. "You have something to offer, but you take that for granted," he added. Parker divided the students into groups throughout the day to see how they would interact with people of various races. After each session, the students and Parker talked about why they chose to associate themselves with different students. The students admitted they made those decisions based on the race and gender of the other students. "I picked that girl because she is cute," said-Ansen Brown, a sopho more at Wake Forest. Please see PARKER page 17 Winston-Salem Chn 021199DA01 * C007 FORSYTH CNTY PUB LIB NC ROOM 660 W 5TH ST # 3 1ft* ' -C ' a ? xr j r r ? WINSTON? SALEM NC 27 101 - 27 55 The Choice for African-American News and Information THURSDAY, April 4,1996 75 cents Dedicated to the Memory of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995 vol. xxii. No. 34 Churches Hold Joint Service to Improve Race Relations Dr. Richard Groves, pastor of Wake Forest Baptist Church shakes hands with the Rev. Wendell Johnson pastor of First Baptist Church. By MAURICE CROCRER Community News Reporter Sunday at 11 a.m. typically is the most segregated time of the week. But in Winston-Salem, two churches have joined to try to improve racial relations, by wor shiping together. Members of First Baptist Church of Highland Avenue and Wake Forest Baptist Church recently came together for a com bined service. The service, which was held at First Baptist, marked the fifth time the churches have worshiped together since 1994. More than 700 people attended the service. "We've had five services in the past two years, and each time we alternate the place the services are held," said Richard Groves, pastor of Wake Forest Baptist. Members prayed and sang together, a scene rarely witnessed in America. Groves said the services have worked well and seem to accom plish what they were designed to do: enhance race relations between the two congregations. "In the beginning, you could clearly tell where Wake Forest members were and where First Bap tist members were," he said. "But now it is hard to distinguish what group belongs to what church." The services are conducted twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. The services are alternated between the two churches and held in the spirit of the host church's way of worship ing. Please see CHURCHES page 17 Members of First Baptist and Wake Forest Baptist enjoy combined worship services. King Assasinated 28 Years Ago in Memphis, Tenn. Aides to Martin Luther King point to the area from where they heard the shot that killed King, lying on the balcony, in Memphis, Tenn. April 4, 1968. By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer (Editor's Note: This is an account of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and world reaction to his death, which occurred on Thursday, April 4, 1968). Memphis, Tenn. - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 39, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the Civil Rights Move ment, was shot to death by a sniper here on Thursday, April 4. News of King's assassination evoked dismay and shock across the United States and throughout the world. The killing precipitated rioting and violence in Washington, D C., Chicago, and other American cities. Authorities said 34 people were killed and thousands injured and arrested in the disorders by Wednesday. April 10. More than 20,000 regular fed eral troops and 34,000 National Guardsmen were sent to the cities after King's death as local police called for help to end the disor ders. President Lyndon B. Johnson lauded the slain Negro leader and appealed to "every citizen to reject the blind violence that has struck Dr. King, who lived by nonvio lence." The bullet that killed King hit him on the right side of the neck at Please see KING page 16 Womble Wood Jackson King s Death Results In Marches, Rioting (Editor's Note: This story looks at local reaction to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr). The account is based on newspaper reports from Friday, April 5, 1968 and inter views with people who remember King's Please see KING'S page 16 CLASSIFIEDS 32 (PINION 14 ENTERTAINMENT 28 (BITUARIES 31 SPORTS 13 |7Tiit Week Thursday, April 4, 1996 ? Martn luither King, Jr. assa silnated in 196M Friday, April 5, 1996 ? Good Friday Sunday, April 7, 1996 ? Faster ? Daylight Savings Begins g_J Diggs Elementary To Offer Afrocentric Curriculum in Fall By JOHN HINTON Chronicle Senior Staff Writer Jefferson Davis Diggs Elementary School has become the 401st school in the nation to incorpo rate an Afrocentric curriculum into its way of teaching. The faculty and staff recently approved the curriculum at the school, which will remain an arts and academic magnet. * "It is not a split focus," said Bobby J. Robin son, principal of Diggs Elementary School. "The Afrocentric ciirriculum is a perfect fit with the his tory of the school." Diggs will keep its basic studies with an immersion of African American culture. The Afro centric theme will begin this fall. "We arc asking our parents to make a three - >ear commitment," Robinson said. "We will make a commitment to your children." Anne Elizabeth G. Jenkins will teach the Afro centric curriculum next fall in a kindergarten class. She will focus on the history of Africa. More than 87 percent of the school's popula tion of 252 students are African American chil dren, primarily from the Happy Hill Gardens neighborhood. And 50 percent of its teachers are also African American. "We are fortunate that there arc African Amer ican teachers at Diggs," said Delores Smith, presi Please see DIGGS page J 7 V Bobby ./? Robinson, principal at Diggs Elementary School, explains the Afrocentric program at her school.
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