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Brandon gets
time to ttunk
over options
Scheduled foreclosure will
not happen immediately
thanks to ministers
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONIC LE
William Brandon, owner of
Eastway Plaza Shopping Center,
told The Chronicle last week
that the ^?
tuture ol
economic
prosperity
in East Win
ston lies
with the
people who
preach from
pulpits on
Sundays.
B r a 11 cl o n Brandon
said local
ministers should tout economic
development among their
parishioners, integrating the
importance of it into their ser
mons if need be.
Some East Winston ministers
.are heeding to Brandon's call.
- Several members of the Min
isters Conference of Winston
Salem and Vicinity met with
officials from Wachovia last
week to rally on behalf of Bran
don. who faced a foreclosure
hearing Feb. 15 after a consor
tium of 12 banks, including
Wachovia, moved in to take over
his center.
After the meeting, Wachovia
officials convinced Bank of
America officials, the bank dri
ving the foreclosure, to give
Brandon 30 more days to try to
get the loan re-financed, accord
ing to the Rev. Carlton Eversley,
one of the ministers at the meet
ing.
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Spotlight
shines on
DWB
PLSS U program featured
controversial sheriff and
sect of public safety
BY CORTNEY L. HILL
THI CHRONIC! l
Driving
While Black
was the title
for the
Black His
tory Month
series held
at Winston
Salem State
University.
A full house Hege
was present
to hear the panel of five mem
bers that featured N.C. Secretary
of Crime Control and Public
Safety Bryan
B e a t t y ;
Davidson
County
SherilT Ger
ald Hegc;
Michael
Grace. an
attorney of
Winston
Salem:
Larry Little. Beatty
attorney and
WSSU professor; and WSSU
student Alexandria Ferguson,
who moderated the panel discus
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Sticky Situation
Photo by Kevin' Walker I
Karen Roberts helps her son, Kofi, with an art project at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts' recent Community Day event, which
featured arts and crafts, exhibits and a book-signing by the authors of the best-selling book "Crowns."
Folks learn, and have fun, at Cultural Day
Photo by Paul Collins
Jaquan Rodman places a ball in a "roller coaster" to learn about
energy of motion. His mother, Teresa Penn, and brother Jermane
Rodman, wofch.
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
In 1899 J.B. Rhodes invented
the water closet, which made the
modern bathroom possible but
also was the basis for public sew
ers and waste treatment, which led
to many health improvements.
In 1920 W.H. Sammons invent
ed the hot comb an iron comb
designed to be placed in a fire and
heated. Once hot. this type of
comb was used straighten curly
hair of some people.
In 1894 Joseph Lee invented
kneading and bread-making
machines, making it possible for
three men to do the work of 12,
faster and with better results.
In 1897 Alfred L. Cralle invent
ed the ice cream scoop.
William Purvis invented the
hand stamp in 1885 and the foun
tain pen in 1890.
These are just a few of the
inventions by African Americans. ?
Visitors at SciWorks last Satur
day got to learn about these inven
tions and many others, as well as
take part in a wide variety of other
activities, at African American
Cultural Day at SciWorks.
Lazella Patterson of Winston
Salem said. "1 think it's great: I
think it's fantastic" as she looked
at the black inventors exhibit. "It's
very important to let our kids
know..."
Mary Jackson of Winston
Salem brought her 8-year-old
daughter. Marella. and a friend.
Talishia Crawford, 9, to African
American Cultural Day. They
were impressed with the black
inventors' exhibit. "I love it....It's
quite a learning experience.' Jack
son said. "I like being able to show
my daughter that part of our his
tory is that one of the inventions
by black males was the yo
yo....The displays are great, the
graphics, the literature is good,
very good for the children."
Talishia said. "I learned that
the horse crab has four eyes."
"You go. girl." Jackson said.
Marella said that she learned
that black people invented a lot of
things we use every day.
Tiana Whitley of Winston
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Teen's dancing to stardom
Just 17, Jerome Johnson
has danced his way around the world
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Jerome Johnson doesn't believe
he can fly; he knows he can.
Soaring and gliding through
the air has taken the 17-year-old
city native to new heights. Less
than a month ago Johnson was in
Lausanne. Switzerland, competing
in the Prix de Lausanne - the
Academy Awards of the ballet
world. More than 100 dancers
from 25 different countries strutted
their stuff in front of a panel of
world renowned judges, who nar
rowed the field down to a svelte 15.
One of them was Johnson.
"I was so relaxed through the
whole situation, but actually I was
crossing my fingers." Johnson said
Johnson
recently. "I thought I wasn't going
to come all the way to Switzerland
and not get anything."
Good results is something that
Johnson has come to expect. He
has studied dance at N.C. School
of the Arts since he was in the
eighth grade, giving up much of his
social life in order to perfect and
hone his skills. Johnson says he
practices every day. drawing inspi
ration and new challenges from
classmates at NCSA.
"When I came to the school I
saw people who were so amazing
and I began to want to accomplish
that."
But Johnson did not set out to
be a ballet overachiever. He stum
bled info the dancing after his
attempts at becoming a world class
gymnast. His gymnastics inslruc
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"We can
point to a
date when
we went to
integration
/>
from Womble
segregation."
City's sit-in
past will be
revisited
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
I III CHR<>NK I I
The lunch counter at the old
downtown Woolworth building
has not seen a diner for years.
The building is dead by out
ward appearances - merchandise
has longed been cleared out of the
five-and-dime; the recognizable
W.F. Woolworth logo has been
removed, leaving only vague out
lines of the 11 letters.
But local people are working
overtime to make sure that the
young men and women who made
history in the store three decades
ago are not forgotten or neglected
like the ragtag Woolworth.
Last year, the city marked the
40th anniversary of the city move
ment here with three days of
panel discussions, forums and
socials. Next week, the celebration
will continue with a panel discus
sion and reception at the old
Woolworth site. "Moving For
ward, Conversation about Race
Relations" is being billed as a time
to discuss the past, present and
future of local race relations.
"We need to never fibrget
where we came from." said state
Rep. Larry Womble. who is spear
heading the forum with Wake
Forest University's Susan Foust.
Winston-Salem lunch coun
ters were forced to desegregate in
February 1960 after students from
Winston-Salem Slate University,
Wake Forest and Atkins High
School staged a month of long sit
ins at the lunch counters of pop
ular downtown five and dimes like
Woolworth and Kress. The effort
was led by Carl Matthews, who is
believed to be the first black
served at a desegregated lunch
counter here: he ordered a soda.
The Winston-Salem sit-in was
a success months before the
famous Greensboro sit-in took
place. History, however, has
glossed over the movement here, a
fact that Womble. who was one of
the students that partook in the
movement, thinks is a disgrace.
"It marked a significant point
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Lenny ('ohen/NOSA
Jerome John
son performs
"Grand Pas
de Duex"
from "Le Cor
saire" at
Spring Dance
2000.
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