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?Off rage / \iu s?*vxrBy ? Winston-Sal^^p Z?ioif \ i-DXGlT 27-0 20 tw* ROOM J0R1 for; 660 ? ^"l.r =v >C y,TM;?ro? 20 .^0*v. NORTH CAROLINA ROOM FORSYTH CTY PUBLIC LIBRAR^ W 5TH ST _ ? vm 27101-2755 Vol. XXXV No. 26 THURSDAY, February 26; 2009 Teen gets help to start golf club -See Page Bl Aggie family shining on CBS show Negro ^ c\ebra/>; League s*alS North Caroli r ? Speak (Wklyth C^ntyfltfWteiybrary 75 cents fiAH \A/t>ct Gi Ttn Qtroofr s" \S Aboard the Slave Ship Horrors of the Middle Passage brought to life BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE ? Screams ascended from the dimly lit bowels of Green Street Church Friday evening. The hollow cries of women and children rose above the haunt ing melody that blared from the speakers of a small CD player. The resounding crack of a whip heightened the terror of the voices, the candles that illumi nated the room seemed to flick er with fear. The incessant creak of the fictitious boat added to the sensory overload that met viewers of the "Chains of Change" interactive slave ship experience as they entered. "It's very symbolic of man's inhumanity to man, so to speak," said Heidi Andrew, who created the Chains of Change exhibit to shed light on the horrors of slavery in 2004. "You go down there and with the noises of the ship, the cramped space, you're seeing in your imagination what might hqve gone on." : For those who wanted to take the experience one step further, small cubby holes were created in the dimensions each slave was given on the boat. Participants were encouraged to crawl inside and imagine the See Slave ship on A4 Photo by Layla Farmei Donnie Mabe gets a sense of how confined Africans were on their voyages to new lands and slavery. Professor: Black Male Challenge is immense BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHONICLE Ever since Barack Obama began his meteoric rise to the highest office in the land, African Americans have found themselves in the spotlight. African American males in par ticular have suddenly become the subject of much talk and debate in the nation. Winston Salem State University probed inai portion 01 lis student population Tuesday, with a daylong sympo sium designed to shed light on the unique challenges and attributes of black males. The Black Male Symposium began with a morning panel discussion facili tated by Dr. James Moore III, associ ate professor of counselor educa tion and director of the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource WSSU Photo by Garrett Harms James Moore III speaks at WSSU. Center on the African American Male at Ohio State University. Moore followed the morning session up with a faculty and staff talk at Dillard Auditorium that afternoon. Renown Philidelphia Swim Coach Jim Ellis, whose life inspired the See Black males on A4 His Number One Fans ^ Phofo by Layla Farmer Youth Volunteer of the Year Award Winner Derek Lineberger shares his moment in the spotlight with his parents, Deron and Tonjia May. Lineberger, a senior at East Forsyth, was one of many volunteers who were feted on Tuesday for their dedication to the YMCA. See the full story on page A3. Photo by Todd Luck Bill Strickland Fighting dropout rate with the arts TODD LUCK THF. CHRONIC! .1 The epidemic of high school dropouts can be cured through teaching the arts at world class facilities that inspire students to learn. That was Bill Strickland's message at a luncheon held last week at the Embassy Suites hotel. Strickland has used this model to create a successful, nationally recognized after school program in Pittsburgh. Penn. K Michael Wells of the , Winston-Salem Alliance put ' the local dropout problem in perspective. The Alliance is researching ways to boost the city's economic grow'th. WelLs said that education is vital to filling the future jobs needed for growth and that's why dropouts spell trouble for the future . "It's like spotting a team (down) 25 points in a basket ball game; it's very, very diffi cult to get where you need to go," said Wells. Strickland has spent decades making sure Pittsburgh wouldn't have that problem. He founded the Manchester Craftsman Guild in 1968. It now provides after school programming for thou sands of students. Over the past decade, more than 75 per cent of the program's gradu ates go on to college. In 197 1 . he took charge of the Bidwell Training Center which ( pro vides vocational training for Sec Strickland on A 7 ... But Now I See ; Wake student heads to Ghana to help the blind BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE ? Thirty-six million people worldwide are need lessly blind, and many are one simple surgery away from having their sight fully restored. Roumen Iordanov, a sophomore premedical student at Wake Forest University, will be doing his part to help prevent blindness this summer. He'll be traveling to the African nation of Ghana as a volunteer with Unite for Sight. The non prof it organization provides free eye care in the United States, Ghana, India and Honduras. "Eighty percent of blindness is preventable and it makes a huge difference as far as the life quality of a person whether you're blind or not," said Iordanov. While in Ghana. Iordanov will help eye doc Sce Blindness on A7 Photo by Todd Luck Roumen Iordanov works with the Unite for Sight non profit. In Memory of Charlene Russell Brown "Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better " Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support 822 C^arl Russell Ave. (at Martin Luther King Or.) Winston-Salem , INC 27101 (336) 722-3459 Fax (336) 63 1 ?8268 rusfhome <8> bellsouth Jiet
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