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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2
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college
choices
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Dyson
talks to
WSSU
students
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It's time
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Black
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REV. JOSEPH T. McMillan
State Rep. Larry Womble admires the new marker :
Local history 0
/
maker gets
overdue props
The late Rev. J.T. McMillan was a
civil rights champion in these parts
BY COURTNEY gaillard regional Parent Teacher Associ
THE CHRONICLE ation.
City officials unveiled a his
torical marker at St. James
AME Church last Saturday
honoring the late Rev. Joseph T.
McMillan. Mayor
Allen Joines, Rep.
Larry Womble and
Council member
Vivian Burke were
among those oh
hand to pay tribute
to McMillan, who
was the pastor of St.
James for 16 years.
He died in 1992.
The marker sits in
front of the church.
which is located off Patterson
Avenue.
McMillan was much more
than a pastor. He was instru
mental in leading the black
community through the Cather
ine Scott lawsuit, which led to
desegregated public schools in
Forsyth County. He als" held
numerous positions with the
NAACP and the local and
Last year, the mayor decid
ed to honor civil rights leaders
from the community during
Black History Month. McMil
lan was one of the
first people selected
for the annual acco
lade. The Rev. Jerry
Drayton, longtime
pastor of New Bethel
Baptist Church, was
also chosen last year
to be honored for his
accomplishments.
Joines, who soon
plans to announce the
name or names of
other African-Ameri
can honorees, said the tributes
allow the city to pay tribute to
the unsung heroes and heroines.
"I had the pleasure of meet
ing Dr. McMillan when I first
came to the city as a young
man," said Joines. "It's so
important that we do remember
our history and those leaders
who helped make our city and
See McMillan on A9
Burke
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIVINGSTONE
Photos by Kevin Walker
Bishop Cecil Bishop and Livingstone President Algeonia Freeman at a Founders Day event.
College reaches for the stars as it turns 125
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
SALISBURY - Livingstone
College meshed the present and
future with its storied past last
week as it celebrated Founders
Day and marked the school's
125th anniversary. It was an
occasion filled with the usual
pomp and circumstance, with
bits of nostalgia and determina
tion thrown in here and there.
Today is like the first day of
spring to us," said President
Algeania Freeman. She recount
ed how the school came to be. It
was the dream of a group of
African Methodist Episcopal
Zion ministers who wanted a
place to train others in theology.
They found a home at first in
Concord in 1 879 and later relo
cated to nearby Salisbury in
1 882. At 1 25. Livingstone is one
of the nation's oldest, continu
ously operating black religious
based schools.
The original Salisbury site
had only one building on 40
acres when it first opened.
Today, Livingstone, is a hur
geoning school made up of near
ly two dozen buildirigs. But
Freeman said no matter how far
the schcxil has come, it will
never forget its humble roots.
Lerone Bennett
"We had people who built
bricks by hand (to construct Liv
ingstone). We are proud of what
has been done here*." she said.
Livingstone, these days,
does more than just educate
tomorrow's theologians. As bill
boards touting the school pro
claim, the school "produces
leaders" in every field of study
imaginable. Some on hand for
Founders Day imagined that the
founders of the school would be
impressed that Livingstone
endured the agriculture age. the
industrial revolution and is now
competing in the age of informa
See Livingstone on A10
Healing continues after exoneration
Efforts will go on
to try to make city a
place where injustice
will not be tolauted
CHRONIC'LK STAR REPORT "
The grassroots committee
that sprung up nearly 20
years ago to support Darryl
Hunt after he was arrested for
the 1984 murder of Deborah
Sykes, is feeling noways
tired. The roller coaster ride
the committee went on with
Hunt came to an end Friday
when a judge vacated Hunt's
Jife sentence. But some mem
bers of the committee may
not be taking breathers.
Longtime committee
member John Mendez said he
has received many letters and
phone calls from people
behind bars who say they
have been wrongfully con
victed like Hunt. Mendez
See Hunt onAl 0
Darryl Hunt served nearly 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Black men look
inward for answers
Student organized
symposium touches
many different areas
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Lasl Friday was
dedicated to the black
male at Winston
Salem State Universi
ty. The 2(XW Black
Male Symposium,
organized by Black
Men ? for Change,
brought in various
speakers throughout
the day to discuss
issues facing black
men on and off of
WSSU's campus.
Black Men for Change along
with the Office of Student Activ
ities. the Office of Student
Affairs and the Black Male ini
tiative Committee sponsored the
forum. Black Men for Change is
a student/ group that seeks to
examine ihjcl address issues per
taining to the upward mobility of
black males. The group, which
boasts 25 members, formed two
years ago through a series of Fri
day night talks among students
on various social
issues.
Jonathan Murray,
president of Black
Men for Change, used
every opportunity to
drive home the theme
of the symposium:
"Breaking the Cycle,
Building a New
Foundation." During
a symposium func
tion Friday evening.
he led the audience in a chant of
the theme.
Murray said he and his peers
Sec Black Men on A4
Murray
In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders ,
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell, Sr.
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