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Vansler Nosie performs "Understand the
Struggle " with his group, Apache Elements.
Apaches
say the
struggle
continues
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Vansler Nosie, Jacob Casoose and Anthony
Goode Jr. rap about struggle, poverty and lack of
opportunity, frequent themes in a musical form that
has become the soundtrack for the lives of many
young people.
But Nosie, Casoose and Goode aren't your aver
age rappers. When they perform, they are not refer
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Central, Detroit or some
New York borough. Their
'hood is a western Native
American reservation that
they call "The Res."
"People think we still
live in teepees. No one
knows what it i? like for us,"
said Nosie, a 19-year-old
who is hoping that he and his
Mendez friends can educate and
entertain with their music.
They call themselves Apache Elements. They trav
eled from the San Carlos Reservation in Arizona last
week to Winston-Salem to perform at Emmanuel
Baptist Church.
The San Carlos Apaches have been close allies
of Emmanuel and vice versa. The relationship start
ed when the Rdv. John Mendez. the church's pastor,
began making regular visits to the reservation to
stand with the Apaches against a project that has led
to several high-powered telescopes being built on
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Shall We Dance?
' Photo by Kevin Wfclker
A dancer from the world-renowned Kusun Ensemble performs before more than 100 people last
week at Emmanuel Baptist Church. The Ghana-based music and dance troupe has taken its unique
style of music and performance all over the world. The group's local show was a benefit for the
Amani Children's Foundation. To read more , see page CI.
Clock ticking on nominee submissions
The Chronicle will honor
community' servants next
month at an awards gala
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Time is running out for the public
to to submit nominations for the The
Chronicle's 22nd Annual Community
Service Awards.
The paper will honor local folks in
several categories next month. Hon
orees will be featured in a special edi
tion of the paper and receive awards
during a gala dinner at the Benton
Convention Center 'on March 24.
Awards will be presented in sever
al categories. The big awards of the
evening will be for Man and Woman
of the Year. Nominees in this category
should be individuals who have made
significant contributions to the com
munity over the last 12 months. Past
winners of the Man of the Year Award
have included Mayor Allen Joines.
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2003 Woman of the Year Brenda
Diggs speaks at last year's Com
munity Service Awards banquet.
WSSU Chancellor Harold Martin and
philanthropist Marshall Bass. Police
Chief Pat Norris, business owner Miri
am McCarter and Mayor Pro Tempore
Vivian Burke are some of the past
recipients of the Woman of the Year
award.
A Human Relations Award and
Community Service Award will also
be presented. The Human Relations
Award is presented to an individual or
group that has worked to bring people
in the city closer together. For exam
ple. last year, students from Mt. Tabor
High School won the award for organ
izing a race relations forum designed
to bridge racial divides at the school.
The Community Service Award is pre
sented to an individual or group that
has worked to help others or the com
' munity as a whole.
Several Lifetime Achievement
Awards will be presented. The awards
are presented to people who - over a
extended pe?iod of time - have been
community servants. Lifetime
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Photo* by Kevin Walker
Vivian Burke presents a resolution to Simono Atkins Allen as mem
bers of Allen's family stand by her side.
Men of Honor
Council recognizes
contributions of .
Atkins and Kennedy
BYT KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The City Council gave
posthumous recognition to
two African-American legal
trailblazers Monday night.
The council unanimously
approved resolutions honor
ing Jasper Alston Atkins and
Harold Kennedy Jr.
Each Black History
Month since 2003, Mayor
Allen Joines has selected at
least one local African-Amer
Annie Brown Kennedy smiles as Joycelyn Johnson pres
ents her with a resolution honoring her late husband.
ican for the honor. Joines has
chosen people who have
worked to strengthen race
relations anil furthered the
fight for civil rights.
Atkins and Kennedy did
hoth during their illustrious
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Edwards
is ready
To lead
ministers
Ephesus pastor
named new Ministers'
Conference leader
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Preaching was on the minds
and souls of those who knew
Moses
Edwards
Sr. before
he was
called to
the min
i s t r y
more than
t w o
decades
ago.
Family
friends
Edwards
made
predictions about him when he
was a baby. They told his moth
er that he would become a
preacher one day. They were
right.
For the last four years, he
has been leiiding a faithful flock
as pastor of Ephesus Seventh
day Adventist Church, and now
he will shepherd the city's spiri
tual leaders as the president of
the Ministers' Conference. He
succeeds Rev. John Mendez of
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Edwards says he hopes to
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Hip-hop
play pays
homage to
inventors
BY JAESON PITT
THE CHRONICLE
Black history and hip-hop
culture. "It's something that isn't
taught in schools," proclaimed
Roderick Haygood. who plays
"The Force" in Arthur Reese and
Darryl Goodman's play titled
"By a Black Hand." ?
nay
good and
four other
students
from
Chicago
State
Universi
ty in con
junction
with the
N . C .
L ? ? m M M I
Hamlin
Black
Repertory Company have
broughl Ihe play to Winston
Salem this month.
Tuesday the cast performed
at Ihe Arts Council Theatre for
student^ from Paisley and Hill
middle schools and Parkland
High School.
"By a Black Hand" identifies
often overlooked African and
African-American inventors by
pointing out everyday products
and advancements that were cre
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