Vol. XXXIII No. 49 THURSDAY, August 30, 2007
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For God &
Country
Fort Bragg commander praises
patriotism from pulpit of local church
BYT. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
One of the nation's most
prominent African-American
military men used a visit to
Winston-Salem
Sunday to honor
two native sons
who made the ulti
mate sacrifice for
their country.
"They have
earned our lasting
respect," Lt. Gen.
Lloyd J. Austin III
told congregants at
Saint Stephen's
Episcopal Church,
reiemng to soioiers in general
and to Army Sgt. Monta S.
Ruth and Marine Lance Cpl.
David B. Houck in particular.
Like Austin, Winton
Salem residents Ruth and
Houck were African
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American men who commit
ted their lives to the military.
Tragically, though, their
careers and lives were cut
short. Houck, 25, was killed
Nov. 26, 2004 while fighting
in the A1 Anbar
Province of Iraq.
Ruth, 26, died
Aug. 31, 2005 in
Samarra, Iraq when
an explosive device
was detonated near
his post.
Neither of the
fallen troops were
stationed at Ft.
Bragg - the gargan
tuan Army base
near Fayetteville that Austin
has commanded now for near
ly a year. Population- wise, Ft.
Bragg - home of the famed
82nd Airborne Division - is
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Photos by Kevin Walker
Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III speaks to reporters outside of Saint Stephen's
Episcopal Church on Sunday.
Submitted Photo
The current members of the 50-year-old Twin City Choristers.
Choristers now have even more cause to sing
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The Twin City Choristers
have a lot to celebrate this year.
It marks the 50th anniversary
of the all-male vocal group's
founding, and just recently the
group became the Arts Council
of Winton-Salem/ Forsyth
County's newest member, join
In 50th anniversary year, group becomes Arts Council member
ing the Sawtooth Center for
Visual Art, the N.C. Black
Repertory Company, the
Winston-Salem Symphony and
other local arts institutions.
Choir director Dr. Fred
Tanner says the group is excited
about joining the Arts Council.
"It's going to open some
doors," he commented. "That's
a means of support for us and it
gives us some kind of credibility
in terms of being a viable organ
ization in the community."
The mission of the group has
been to provide an outlet for men
to sing and to serve in the com
munity, Tanner said. The mem
bers' grand voices have been a
worthy gift to the city since the
group's inception. Tanner said
music is in the blood of mem
bers.
"They enjoy singing, and
they enjoy sharing," he said.
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Local
Panthers
get equal
treatment
After opening show that
ignored local party, SECCA
will feature city's trailblazing
Black Panthers
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Last month, when the Southeastern
Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA)
opened "Black Panther: Rank and File."
many local former Black Panthers com
plained that nothing about their mile
stones and contri
buttons were
included.
Now SECCA
has remedied that.
The museum will
open an exhibit
Sept. 4 that will
specifically focus
on the Winston
Salem Chapter of
the Black Panther
Party, which in its
heyday in the
1970s was one of
Mack-Hilliard
the nation's most innovative and produc
tive Panther chapters.
"Winston-Salem was the first chapter
of the Black Panther Party to be estab
lished and acknowledged in the southern
United States," stated Larry Little, a
WSSU professor and former leader of the
Winston-Salem chapter. "This past
October, we celebrated the 40th anniver
sary of the National Black Panther Party:
I went out to Oakland, California ...
Winston-Salem was given prime recogni
tion out there as being one of the top
chapters in the whole country, period."
Winston-Salem made Panthers history
again in 1977 when Little became the first
Panther in the nation to be elected to a
public office when voters put him on the
Winston-Salem City Council. City
Council Member Nelson Malloy, who was
first elected in the mid-eighties, is also a
former Panther.
On Tuesday, SECCA will screen, at 6
p.m., the documentary "Negroes with
Guns." which is about the Father of the
Black Power Movement, Robert Williams,
a North Carolinian. After the screening.
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Transformation of Happy Hill takes another step
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Photos by Layla Fanner
The team of
Kent Brown,
from left,
Tammy
Watson, Chris
Ogunrinde
and Steve
Hurst are aim
ing to change
the way the
city views
Happy HilU
Groundbreaking held for homes, townhouses
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Ground was broken last week on College Park at the
Gateway, an innovative new development to be built at the site
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public housing community.
The last of Happy Hill's tene
ment-style housing units were bull
dozed more than two years ago to
make way for a new community that
already features sleek apartment
buildings and an assisted-living facil
ity. College Park will bring town
houses and single family homes. The
facelift in Happy Hill, the city's old
est African-American community,
was largely funded with a grant from
the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban DeveloDment's HOPE VI oro
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Larry Woods
gram, which provides money to housing authorities to rehab
aging public housing neighborhoods.
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