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Vol. XXXVI No. 13 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 26, 2009
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scores
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Stephen
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returns
to WSSU
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Families
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Photo by Sam Nzinu
The famous photo showing Antoinette Sithole and her dying
brother, Hector Pieterson.
The Day That
Helped to Shatter
Apartheid
Woman who was there in the middle of it
tells students about her ordeal
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE '
The body of 12-year-old Hector Pieterson is carried by an
older student as his sister, Antoinette Sithole, follows, a look of
sheer horror on her face.
Published around the world, that image, snapped on June
16, 1976, came to
symbolize the
Soweto youth upris
ing and the brutal
police response to it
in apartheid-era
South Africa. Hector
Pieterson was one of
the first black South
Africans die to dur
ing that uprising. His
sister never let the
world forget him or
the struggle for free
dom that so many
South Africans
fought and died for.
Sithole, the cura
tor of the Hector
Petierson Museum in
Soweto, spoke on the
campus of Winston
Salem State
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at WSSU last week. Thursday 35 Pf ,of
the school s
International Week
programs, which were designed to get students thinking more
globally.
Sithole, who was 16 when her brother died, was among the
throngs of students who had taken to the streets in Soweto, a
black township in Johannesburg, to protest poor educational
conditions for blacks in South Africa under the rule of the white
minority. The students started from various parts of Soweto and
were marching to join together in the township of Orlando. She
said the peaceful protest began well and was "fun" for the stu
See Soweto on A5
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WSSU Photo by Garrett Garms
WSSU students surround some of the families that they helped this holiday season.
Big-Hearted Rams Give Back
Local families receive holiday blessings
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The McNeil Ballroom at
Winston-Salem State
Univeristy's Anderson
Conference Center was teem
ing with the Christmas spirit
last Thursday evening, as
more than 150 students, staff
and community members
gathered for the Second
Annual Red and Black
Holiday Benefit.
The benefit was conceived
by two WSSU students,
Kenette Burgess and Joevann
Palmer, last year, as a way of
helping local families cope
with the demands of the holi
The A.R.T. Dancers perform.
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Photo by Layla Farmer
day season.
"The purpose of the event
is to give back to the commu
nity," said Palmer, who organ
ized the benefit, presented by
the Campus Life Marketing
Committee, Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity and the Campus
Activities Board, this year. "I
feel like everyone needs to
give back, at least once a
year."
Six families were selected
to be the beneficiaries of the
wealth of donations from stu
dent organizations, local busi
nesses and individual donors
that participated in the 2009
See Rams on A9
McAllister becomes national face of young, black GOP
Lenny McAllister speaks at a national forum while NAACP
National President Ben Jealous, left, listens.
BY LAYLA hAKMhh
THE CHRONICLE
Charlotte resident Lenny McAllister fully sub
scribes to the Republican ideal of
"pulling yourself up by your boot
straps."
McAllister, 37, has done just that
in recent years, rising from a politi
cally-aware private citizen to a
sought after political commentator
who appears regularly on nationally
syndicated radio and television
shows.
McAllister, who made an unsuc
cessful bid for the Davidson Town Council in 2007,
See McAllister on AS
The Good Life
Area artisans turn their creative hobbies into lucrative careers that they love
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Handmade was in high demand at
the 46th Annual Piedmont Craftsmen's
Fair this weekend at the Benton
Convention Center .
Each year, members of the Piedmont
Craftsmen display and sale their wares
at the Fair, which typically draws 5,000
attendees. Furniture, clothing, jewelry,
dolls, paintings and pottery were just
some of the items for sale. But, unlike
the mass-produced items sold in most
stores, each of these items are made by
the artists who were selling them.
"It's a great opportunity to make a
connection with the maker," said Fair
Photo* by Todd Luck
Wendy Seaward stands beside a nearly $4,000
beaded mask thai she created.
Deb Britton
Manager Deb Britton.
See Craftsmen on A9
Governor Brings Goodies
Photo by Layla Farmer
Gov. Rev Perdue delivers a special Meals on Wheels lunch to
Winston-Salem resident Nancy Hooper on Monday. To find
out what made the delivery so special, see Page \2.
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