Photo by Erin MizeUe
Dr. Larry Little, right, accepts his award, sponsored by WSTA. Ernie
Pitt helps give the award.
Larry Little
Special Tribute
Dr. Larry D. Little is a native of Winston-Salem and a graduate of
R.J. Reynolds High School where he was a star basketball player. He graduated
with honors from Winston-Salem State University with a Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Political Science; earned his Master of Public Affairs Degree from
the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Juris Doctor Degree from
the Wake Forest University School of Law.
Dr. Little served the Winston-Salem citizens of the North Ward for eight
years as an alderman, winning reelection in 1981 without opposition. He is cur
rently a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science at Winston
Salem State University.
Dr. Little has been an activist in the continuing struggle for justice and
equality in his community for over 50 years. A founding member of the
Winston-Salem Chapter of the Black Panther Party; Dr. Little, implemented
several community survival programs during his leadership with the Black
Panther Party, including a free breakfast plan for school children, free Sickle
Cell Anemia outreach testing, and the nationally acclaimed Joseph Waddell
Peoples Free Ambulance Service.
Photo by Erin Mizelle
Dr. Ronny Bell, right, accepts his award, sponsored by Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center. Ernie Pitt helps give the award.
Ronny Bell, Ph.D.
Special Tribute
Dr. Ronny Bell is co-director of the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity,
at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He is a graduate of the University of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill and received his M.Ed, and Ph.D. from the
University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He is Professor in the Division of
Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, at Wake
Forest School of Medicine, with training in nutrition and epidemiology. He
received the Community Spirit Award from the American Diabetes Association
in 2012 at a ceremony in Washington, DC, in recognition of his work in under
standing and addressing diabetes disparities with the American Indian/Alaska
Native population.