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A&T takes part
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racial pulse
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE "
GREENSBORO - Forty
years ago. President Lyndon
Johnson appointed the
National Advisory
Commission on Civil Disorder
to probe the cause of rebellions
that erupted in inner-city com
munities throughout the nation
in the late 1960s. Chaired by
former Illinois governor Otto
Kerner Jr., the 11 -member
panel is better known as tlje
Kerner Commission.
In a nutshell, the commis
sion concluded that the United
States was becoming two soci
eties - one white, one black,
separate ^nd unequal. ^
This week, N.C. A&T State
University's Institute for
Advanced Journalism* Studies
and the University of
Pennsylvania's Center for
Africana Studies and its School
of Communications released a
101-page report, "Kerner Plus
40," that takes a modern-day
look at the circumstances and
issues raised by the Kerner
Commission.
Tukufu Zuberi, the director
' of the University of
Pennsylvania's Center for
Africana Studies, said the tim
ing of the Kerner Commission
was historically ironic,
released a few months before
Dr. Martin Luther King's
assassination on April 4, 1968.
"(The Kerner Commission)
took place right before the
storm that rocked the United
States," said Zuberi, who
served as the editor of the
Kerner Plus 40 Report, along
with De Wayne Wickham, the
director of A&T's Institute for
Advanced Journalism Studies
and a popular USA Today ?
columnist.
As part of its assessment of
the nation's progress - or lack
thereof - since Kerner, the uni
See Kerner on A13
AAT Photo by Charlie Watkins
Dr. Cornel West speaks to a packed house in Harrison Auditorium on Sunday.
Darryl Hunt
Sprinkle-Hamlin
Sprinkle-Hamlin ,
Hunt earn top
Chronicle honors
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
More than a dozen local res
idents will be honored next
month for their phenomenal
contributions to the communi
ty
March 8 will mark the 25th
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The Chronicle has
placed the spotlight
on the city's best and
brightest. Top honors
this year will go to
Darryl Hunt and
Sylvia Sprinkle
Hamlin.
Hunt's ordeal is
well known.
Wrongfully impris
oned for nearly two
decades for a murder he did not
commit. Hunt has not wasted
time being bitter or angry since
his release. Instead, he is on a
mission, trying to prevent oth
ers from suffering the same
fate. He has become one of the
nation's most recognizable
advocates for reform in the
legal justi& system. He speaks
about this calling at events,
around the nation. And through
his nonprofit agency, The
Darryl Hunt Project for
Freedom and Justice, Hunt has
become an ally to many, who
like him, got injustice instead
Plouff
of justice.
Sprinkle-Hamlin is every
woman. By day, she heads the
county's burgeoning public
library systems. After work, she
wears too many hats to name.
She is not unfamiliar with chal
lenges, but Sprinkle-Hamlin
impressed even
those who know and
love her when she
stepped into the
shoes of her late hus
band, Larry Leon
Hamlin, and pulled
off one of the best
National Black
Theatre Festivals
that this city has ever
seen;
"The caliber of
the honorees this year is superi
or," said T. Kevin Walker, The
Chronicle's managing editor. "I
think Mr. Hunt and Mrs.
Sprinkle-Hamlin are perfect
examples of the kind of
resilience this city personifies."
In all, more than a dozen
awards will be handed out at
the awards ceremony, which
will be held at the Embassy
Suites downtown.
The Human Relations
Award, designed to honor indi
viduals or groups that bring
people of various backgrounds
See Awards on A15
^ NCSA Photo
Kendall Ramseur is a budding star.
NCSA student
still basking in
Grammy glory
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BY TODD LUCK
|thb CHRONICLE :
The list of performers at the recent
Grammy Awards is long and illustrious.
It includes names like Alicia Keys,
Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce Mid
Kendall Ramseur.
Kendall Ramseur?
The name of the N.C. School of Arts stu
dent may not be a household name yet, but
just wait.
Ramseur, a cellist, performed at the 50th
Annual Grammy Awards Feb. 10 in Los
Angeles. NCSA Chancellor John Mauceri,
an acclaimed Grammy-winning conductor,
invited Ramseur and another NSA student,
violinist Angela Michelle "Shelly" Story, to
be among the musicians he conducted for a
performance of "Rhapsody in Blue." The
performance featured a solo by Herbie
Hancock, who later took home the Album of
Year Grammy.
Ramseur, a junior who transferred from
See Ramseur on All
Photo by Layla Parmer
Postmaster David Barcio with Million Mile Club members Stanley Tedder. Jimmy Harrison,
Bruce Browning, Chester Clark and Carry Trahan.
They Delivered!
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Becoming a member of the
National Safety Council's
Million Mile Club is no small
feat. In fact, the NSC has
likened the probability of trav
eling one million miles as a
letter carrier - which takes
about 30 years - without a pre
ventable motor vehicle acci
Local letter carriers
honored for longevity
dent, to that of reaching the
summit of Mt. Everest.
^ "We have over 400,000
employees nationwide and
there's very few people that
achieve this level of success,"
said Post Office Operations
Manager Ronny White.
Five Winston-Salem mail
carriers reached that pinnacle
in their careers and were hon
ored in a special ceremony at
the Manor Station Post Office
on Healy Dr. Tuesday morn
ing.
"Obviously, they're profes
sionals and they take their jobs
See Honorws on A12
In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders,
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell , Sr.
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