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black schools hurt by rumors of closing
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been e-mailed to thou-
of African Americans
.the nation and for the past
ionths, it’s been the talk of
ick Internet circles.
} e-mail, which apparently
circulating in August, says
ick institutions, including
In Texas, home of presiden-
indidate George W. Bush,
lose due to lack of funds.”
b message first reached e-
subscribers in Winston-
in September.
y sister-in-law e-mailed it
E-mail about school closings sent to Triad residents
to me,” said Maurice Horsey,
executive director of the Winston
Lake YMCA. “I sent it to every
one I knew. I just hope that it
doesn’t happen. A lot of times
we’re reacting to this stuff after
the fact. At least now we have a
chance to do something about it.”
A graduate of Morgan Col
lege, now Morgan State Universi
ty, Horsey said he watched as his
alma mater struggled to stay alive
at the height of the integration
movement. The e-mail hit home,
he said.
“Back then, we didn’t go to
the University of North Carolina
or Harvard,” he said. “If we
wanted to be doctors, we went to
Howard or Meharry. To me, it’s a
very real thing that can happen to
black colleges if (African Ameri
cans) don’t do something about
it.’
The institutions listed include
Huston-Tillotson College, Jarvis
Christian College, Paul Quinn
College, Southwestern Christian
College, Texas College, Texas
Southern University and Wiley
College. Other colleges on the list
include South Carolina’s Allen
College, Miles College and Oak-
wood College.
The list includes one North
Carolina school, Barber-Scotia
College in Concord.
“No, that e-mail is not cor
rect,” said one Barber-Scotia offi-
Let
it
snow
Photo by Cheris Hodges
Terry (13) and Cory (6) frolic in
the four inches of show that fell
in Winston-Salem last week,
closing schools and businesses.
For the 7-day weather outlook,
see page C6.
lathcart, Hinton banking on art
rican Americans
i hopes on
w arts district
BVIN walker
itONICLE
is is the last in a three-part series on African
tan businesses downtown.
ice Price-Hinton has fond memories of
wn Winston-Salem.
recalls boarding a city bus with her moth-
grandmother on many a Saturday and
to Fourth Street,
remembers shopping at Kress, eating at
ded lunch counter at Woolworth and
into schoolmates, neighbors and church
rs.
downtown of Price-Hinton’s childhood
[ves only in memories,
e buildings that were once home to her
e spots have been long vacated; the people
Bee acted as though downtown streets were
nth gold now find their heaven at shopping
lange is making its way downtown, but it’s
long time coming.
rtnerships between the city and innovative
reneurs like Price-Hinton are behind the
S drawing comparisons to the downtown
terday.
1 Jan. 18 the Board of Aldermen green-
lighted a plan that will jump-start the city’s pro
posed entertainment district. The city will initial
ly invest more than $100,000 to buy space on the
corner of Liberty and Fourth streets; developers
plan to renovate the space and erect eateries,
office buildings and night spots.
The aldermen’s decision carhe more than four
months after Price-Hinton and her husband,
Thomas Hinton, announced that they were pur
chasing the old Davis Department Store building
and transforming it into a mammoth entertain
ment complex.
Though the city-sponsored entertainment dis
trict may bring the couple some competition,
Price-Hinton said she is glad to see that the ball
has finally been put into motion.
cial. “Several people, as in the
FBI, are working on it to find out
who sent this in the first place.”
Worried parents, prospective
students and alumni have
swamped the schools with phone
calls. The e-mail has been passed
along so many times that officials
say they cannot trace its source.
College officials suspect the e-
mail is an attempt to attack Bush.
The e-mail blames Bush for so-
called financial problems at the
Texas schools and tells readers
not to vote for him in the presi
dential election.
Bush spokesman Mike Jones
said the governor’s office has
heard about the e-mail, and he
said it is unfortunate that people
are being deceived, either acci-,
dentally or on purpose.
Ardrey Massey, Barber-Sco-
tia’s director of public relations
and alumni affairs, said her office
has fielded dozens of calls from
worried alumni and members of
the media.
“We’ve gotten lots of calls
See E-mail on A8
Photo by Cheris Hodges
Mayor Jack Cavanagh talks with an onlooker during ceremonies for
a new Kimberley Park housing project.
Malloy: Building
project ‘just’
and appropriate
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem’s Hope VI project took
a gigantic leap forward last week, breaking
ground on what is being called the first phase of
a grand public housing conversion.
The ground breaking was held in Kimberley
Park Terrace - the public housing development
that will be converted into a mixed-income com
munity with the $28 million Hope VI grant - at
the corner of Northwest Boulevard and Derry
Street. The site will be home to a 100-unit com
plex for the elderly that should be completed by
the fall.
Several local and national officials were
among the nearly 100 people at the ground
Malloy
breaking, including Congressmen Mel Watt and Richard Burr.
See Hope VI on A9
NAACP leery of
Confederate group
BY CHERIS HODGES
THE CHRONICLE
Photo by T. Kevin Walker
Anthony Cathcart, owner of Artifacts shows off Kuba cloth handmade in Zimbabwe.
“I think its going to create a lot of business
downtown....Being a part of that is going to be
great,” she said. “In any business there is going to
be competition. What sets you apart is what you
have to offer. Being in show business all these
years. I’ve never been afraid of competition. I
welcome it.”
It’s Price-Hinton’s voice and stage presence
that have made her the city’s most respected jazz
singer, but she hopes her business savvy will also
endear her to even more people.
The 36,000-square-foot building has three
floors. The couple’s popular Artistic Studio,
where youngsters are schooled in dance, voice
and acting, will be housed on one level, along
Members of a North Carolina chapter of the The Sons of Confederate
Veterans say no one should be surprised that they’ve entered to solve a mys
tery haunting black college and university campuses throughout the state.
Last month, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
throughout the nation received letters filled with threats of race war and a
pictures of the Confederate flags.
Last week. The Sons of Confederate Veterans of
Burke County, announced they were offering a
$1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the party responsible for the letters.
The image of the flag on the letter was enough to
push the SeV into action, said Jim Pierce, adjutant to
Burke County Camp No. 836.
“The main thing is our children’s safety,” he said.
“Students have a right to feel safe at school. How can
a student learn if he has to keep looking over his
shoulder?”
Pierce said he was bothered for several days after
he heard about the letters and saw them on television.
The flag, he said, is not a symbol of hatred.
“It bothers me when I see people use the flag to promote their racist
agenda,” he added. “We claim all signs and symbols of the Confederacy. We
condemn any group who misuses the flag.”
Tatum
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See Confederate on A2
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