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In Our 21 st Year Issue No. 1 925
April 2004
www.theacphoenix.com
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As the controversy
surrounding the infamous
Darryl Hunt case begins to
die down, one community
leader says it’s time to
focus on other things
By Nicole Ferguson
It’s a normal Monday afternoon
in Coltrane Hall on the campus of
Winston-Salem State University.
Dr. Larry Little has students flowing
in and out of his office for a
number of reasons. Some need to
talk about a grade or an
assignment. Others want to hold
general conversation or simply say
hello. Then there are some seeking
advice, like Darryl Hunt.”
“Now it seems unreal that he’s
out, talking in my office, driving a
truck, sitting in class,” Little says
as he and Hunt reflect upon the
unique relationship they’ve built
over almost two decades..
“He someone whose opinions
I treasure,” Hunt said. “He’s like
a mentor, brother, father figure.”
“If it wasn’t for him, well for
God, but for him, no one
would’ve ever known what was
going on. “
Little has been advising Hunt
for a long time. But the advice
on this particular Monday is
different. Hunt isn’t taking legal
advice about beating a system
that kept him incarcerated for 18
years on the false accusation of
murder. Instead Little is offering
him words of wisdom on how to
get on with his life. In a way it’s
time for the two to move on.
They will never forget the almost
twenty years of injustice,
struggle and fatigue they
endured to set Hunt free, but
they will move forward.
“A good friend of mine point
ed out something to me when
Darryl was exonerated. She said
Larry Little
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‘Guess what?” Guess who else
has been freed? You’ve been
released, too.’ And it’s the
truth.”
Little says that the journey to
set Hunt free was a long one.
Continued on Page 26
By Sheila Beverly
It has been forty years, yet ESR
continues to be dynamic with the
ever changing needs of the com
munity in which it serves. It has
been recognized, not so much for
“giving fish to people, but rather
teaching them how to fish for
themselves.” If a community is
taught how to fish, then it will never
be hungry. -To teach a community
how to become self-reliant has
always been the focal point of
ESR.
If you have a desire to start or
expand your own business, it
may be worth your time to con
nect with the Rev. Lucious B.
Oliver, a church pastor and busi
ness entrepreneur who wears four
or five different hats, depending
upon which day of the week you
catch up with him.
By any stretch of the imagina
tion, Oliver is a very busy man.
Besides being the founding pas
tor of Rock Of Salvation Ministries
at 1296 Opportunity Road in
Winston-Salem, he Is also the
creator and guiding force behind
three evolving businesses, MEDC,
which stands for minority entre
preneur development center, a
business operation for beginning
and aspiring entrepreneurs, the
Louise G. Wilson
November, 1968 a group of men
and women from RJR took a tour
of poverty areas in Winston-Salem
and afterwards they met with
members of the Experiment in
Self-Reliance to talk about what
Continued on Page 9
Rev. Lucious B. Oliver
Church Development Group, a
business created to help pastors
with church financing, building and
construction and Childcare Unlimited,
a division of his company that
specializes in the design, financing
and construction of day care
centers.
And if pastoring a church and
operating three businesses wasn’t
enough, Oliver still finds time to preach
revivals at different churches and to
formulate plans to operate his fourth
business enterprise. Kingdom
Construction Company.
Continued on Page 5
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