Marchers mark the 25th anniversary of the Greensboro Massacre in 2004.
Documentary about G'boro
Truth Project will be screened
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
"Greensboro: Closer to the
Truth," a documentary about the
Greensboro Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, will
be screened Wed., Nov. 12, at
The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. -The
film begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room
100, Ferguson Building. The
event is free and open to the pub
lic.
The screening will be fol
lowed by a panel discussion with
Adam Zucker, the director; Dr. Spoma
Jovanovic, UNCG communications profes
sor and community activist; Dr. Muktha
Jost, former commissioner and A&T profes
Dr. Josl
sor; the Rev. Mark Sills, former commis
sioner; and Joseph Frierson of the Beloved
Community Center's Local Task
Force for the Greensboro Truth and
Community Reconciliation Project.
Audience questions are welcome.
"Closer to the Truth" documents
the Greensboro Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, the
first such commission in the U.S.,
formed in response to the 1979
"Greensboro Massacre" when
Klansmen crashed an anti-Klan
rally, killing five members of the
Communist Workers Party.
The screening, sponsored by the UNCG
Center for Critical Inquiry's Human Rights
Research Network, is part of UNCG's
International Human Rights Film Festival.
Photo by Lay la Farmer
Jim Shaw, center , with owners John and David Chang.
Liberty
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several new businesses that
have sprouted on Liberty in the
past few years.
This week's Grand
Opening celebration, more
than two years in the making,
had all the trappings of a coun
try barbecue, compete with a
hog that sizzled on the giant
grill, sending plumes of hicko
ry scented smoke into the gusty
fall air.
Community leaders trick
led in from seemingly every
comer of the lot. Beyond
them, rows of pumps served a
steady stream of motorists who
came to partake in the S2.29
per- gallon gasoline sold there.
Locals gathered under a
large tent erected on the side of
the brick structure, talking
amongst themselves about
days gone by on Liberty Street.
State Rep. Larry Womble
grew up just a hop, skip and a
jump away from the place
where the new Fairway gas sta
tion now stands, and remem
bers his time on Liberty Street
fondly.
"The Zesto Ice Cream Shop
used to be right here; we used
to come here after church," he
recalled with a wide grin.
"This was the place to come
years ago."
City Council Member
Joycelyn Johnson also spoke of
the Liberty Street Corridor in
its heyday.
"Those of use who have
been around awhile know what
East Winston was. and we
know what it can get back to."
she remarked. "If we can see
the kinds of things that are
going on in the neighborhood,
we know that there are good
things coming."
The corridor, which once
served as a main drag between
the Smith Reynolds Airport
and downtown, played an
important role in the back-story
of the city. Mayor Pro Tempore
Vivian Burke reminded guests.
"Sometimes you need to
know your history," she stated.
"This area was the first (in the
city) to receive electricity; we
had black entrepreneurs here.
The business was just boom
ing. and it's beginning to hap
pen again.-'
Burke thanked city and
county leaders whom she says
helped lay the groundwork for
the project to become a reality.
"I want to tell you all this:
it's been a long time coming,"
she declared. "It's not where
we want it to be. but we're
working on it."
N.C, Sen. Linda Garrou
congratulated Shaw and other
members of the CDC board for
their work in turning the area
around.
"We in the North Carolina
Senate are so proud of what's
been accomplished here," she
said. "We believe very strong
ly ... in this community."
Brothers John and David
Chang are the proud owners of
the new Fairway One Stop, the
newest of 21 Triad area con
venience stores they own and
operate.
The men opened the origi
nal Fairway, which stood on
the lot next door to where its
successor was erected, nearly
two decades ago. when they
were just starting out in the
business, said John Chang.
The community has always
been supportive of the enter
prise, he reported.
"We've done well because
of the Liberty Street neighbor
hood, and we want to give back
to the community," said the
Greensboro resident. "Liberty
Street deserves to get this kind
of change and we're glad to be
a part of it."
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