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^ the Chronicle
Community Focus
:? Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point
Miction C January 7, 1999
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'.from loft, Atty. Harvoy L Kennedy, Chairman tcholarthip committoo, presented Lamara King, Joycotyn McCummings and Loroy Butler
with plaquet and $300 thalanhipe.
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Eadie M. Black of Pinoy Grove Baptist Church greeted Oscar Hines of the Camel
City Elks Lodge 01021 before entering the church service.
Event
celebrates
document
By FELECIA P. McMlLLAN
COMMUNITY CORRESPONDENT
For hundreds of local resi
dents, Jan. 1 doesn't just mark the
dawning of a new year - it marks
the beginning of the end of slavery.
On Jan.l, 1863, Abraham Lin
coln affixed his name and official
seal to the Emancipation Procla
mation a seminal, but often forgot
ten moment in American history
The document paved the way for
the 13th Amendment to the Con
stitution which formally abolished
slavery.
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fied on Dec. 18, J 865.
More, than 400 attended the
annual event held at Mount Zion
Baptist Church. Throughout the
program, which featured a reading
of the Proclamation, there was a
mix of the old and new, While stu
dents were awarded scholarships,
choirs sang traditional hymns like
"We Shall Overcome" and "Lift
Every Voice and Sim."
According to the organization's
president Robert Long, for the
members of the group, "education
is liberation."
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One of the major functions of
the offering taken up during the
service is to provi4& two $500
scholarships to deserving high
school seniors in the community.
According to Harvey L.
Kennedy, chair of the Scholarship
Committee, Crossing 52 Supper
Groups helped raise money to pro
vide an additional scholarship this
year.
Annie Brown Kennedy noted
that all nine of the finalists will
receive a monetary award toSvard
the purchase of college textbooks.
The finalists and winners were
selected based on grade point aver
age, class rank, leadership, charac
ter, and extra-curricular activities.
The winners of scholarships
included Lamara Michelle King of
Carver High School, Leroy Butler
of North Forsyth High School,
and Joycelyn Deloris McCum
mings of North Forsyth High
School.
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iving is me aaugnier 01 canine
King. Ranking 4 out of a class of
173, King is the vice president of
the National Honor Society, cap
tain of the volleyball team, a mem
ber of the track team, student gov
ernment, NASA SHARP PRO
GRAM, and Carver Against
Drinking and Drugs in Youth.
She is also very active in her
church. King plans to attend
South Carolina State University
next year where she will study
computer science. Earline King, a
single mother, is thrilled that her
daughter won one of the awards.
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From loft, Robort Long, President of Emancipation At foliation, mot vrith the ministers the Rov. Gloria Gerald, The Rev,
James O. Ballard and the Rev. J. Ray Butler before joining the procession.
The audience r?M to congratulate the scholarship recipients.
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