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Celebrating 30 years of Community Jouris vol. xxx No.25
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2
Another
Crowell
off to play
at college
- See Page B4
Students
make
special
valentines ,
- See Page A4
Melva
Houston
to play
Simone
-Sef
Women
team up
to build
house
-See Page CI
Local black civil rights leaders
applauded for work by council
Velma Hopkins and
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Rev. Kelly Goodwin
remembered for deeds
CHRONICLE STAI I R! I'oRI
The City Council Monday
honored two deceased African
Americans who made indelible
contributions to civil rights and
racial relations in Winston
Salem. The honors continued a
program started last year by
Mayor Allen Joines that strives
to spotlight local black civil
rights leaders each February,
the month designated to cele
brate black history.
. Velma Hopkins and Rev.
Kelly O P. Goodwin still have
fcHks singing their praises.
years after they passed away,
Goodwin led Mt. Zion Baptist
Church for more than 30 years,
guiding the church along a path
that has made it one of the city's
most influential places of wor
ship.
Goodwin's work did not end
once he stepped away from the
pulpit. He was an active mem
ber of the NAACP and Omega
Psi Phi fraternity. He served on
the boards of the Housing
Authority of Winston-Salem
and Crisis Control Ministry.
Goodwin also served as chap
lain for Winston-Salem State
University. In 1971, Goodwin
and the pastor of Knollwood
Baptist Church - which has a
largely white congregation -
formed a sister-church program
aimed at improving racial rela
tions.
City Council member
Joycelyn Johnson, who recom
Phoio by Courtney Guillard
The Rev. Kelly Goodwin was
pastor at Nit. Zion Baptist
Church for more than 30
years .
mended Goodwin for the honor,
said that when she was growing
up, Goodwin was always some
one that young people ifould
look up to.
"He was surely a role model
for all of us young folks. ..to
model ourselves after." she said
Monday, before presenting a
resolution honoring Goodwin
taRev. Serenus Churn, the cur
rent pastor of Mt. Zion.
Churn said although Good
win has been dead for several
years, he is still very much alive
in the work that is done each
day at Mt. Zion.
"His spirit is very much a
part (of the church). He is still
very much with us." Churn
said
Hopkins was remembered
as a brave woman who stood
for justice in various forms. In
See Honorees on A10
Women of Color
Photo by Kevin Walker
The Midtown Red
Hat Society of
Winston-Salem is
now alive and
kicking. The new
chapter of the Red
Hat Society had its
first meeting last
Saturday. The soci
ety is a national
group for women
50 years old and
older. The new
chapter has about
25 members. To
read more about
the chapter and
some of its mem
bers, see page
A10.
Bennett President Johnnetta Cole makes a point.
HBCUs to take
on smoking in
black community
$1 million grant
will be used to
tackle different
aspects of smoking
BY T. KPVIN WALKER
THE chronicle
GREENSBORO - Three
historically black colleges and
universities
(HBCUs) in the
state have been
given a $1 million
grant to reduce
smoking among
black North Car
olinians. If the
school's efforts are
successful. more
grants could be
made to other
HBCUs around the
nation to fund simi
lar anti-smoking programs.
The grant was announced
last week by the American
Legacy Foundation during a
news conference at Bennett
College for Women. Bennett,
along with neighboring N.C.
A&T State University and
Durham's N.C. Central Uni
versity will develop a series of
programs with the money
aimed at ^curbing smoking,
which is a habit shared by one
in five African-Americans.
"It is time for African
Americans to take a serious
look at the toll tobacco is tak
ing on our health, on our fam
ilies and loved ones and on
our communities," said state
Rep. Alma Adams, who is also
a Bennett professor and vice
chair of the Ameri
can Legacy Founda
tion board. Today,
Adams is one of the
state's biggest anti
smoking advocates.
She led the move
last year to ban
smoking on the
floor of the General
Assembly. Adams
has not always been
against smoking,
though. She was a
smoker for four decades, start
ing when she was a teenager.
"I thought it was glam
ourous. and acceptance by my
peers was important for me,"
she said.
Sec Grant on A10
Alma Adams
NAACP keeps
up fight against
state's felon law
COURTNEY GAILLARD
tpE CHRONICLE
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Amid chilly temperatures
oj Tuesday after
iwon. the Winston
Salem chapter of
tfAACP held a
demonstra
tion outside the
Hcrsyth County
Qo u r t h o u s e .
protesting what the
(,'hapter says is the
unfair treatment of
bracks under the
sjate's habitual
feDon laws.
The law allows district
attorneys to seek more severe
punishments for offenders
with excessive prior convic
tions. The law is controversial
because many claim that
black defendants are deemed
habitual felons for
minor crimes.
Stephen Hair
ston, NAACP presi
dent. said that too
many black offend
ers are being ware
housed in jails for
nonviolent crimes
longer than is neces
sary because of
habitual felon laws.
The NAACP plans to
conduct a statewide
investigation into alleged
racial disparities as a result of
See Felons on A10
Hairston
Luck of the Push
Phrno by Kevin Walker
Marshall Dillard stands next to a Saturn ION similar to the one he won recently.
Saturn dealership
produces winner in
Hot Button contest
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Marshall Dillard says he
has never been a particularly
lucky person. His name has
never been, called during raf
fles. Publisher's Clearing
House has never come a
knocking at his front door.
So Dillard was not feeling
particularly lucky on Feb. 9
when he reluctantly played the
much-hyped General Motors
Hot Button contest at Flow
Saturn on Peters Creek Park
way The contest - made popu
lar by a series of television
commercials - invites people
to come to GM dealerships
Set Winner on A4
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Founders,
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell, Sr.
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