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Vol. XXXVI No. 26 ? WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -THURSDAY, February 25, 2010
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Jennifer Lyons presents an award to Moses "Mo" Lucas.
WFU Photo* by Ken Bennett
Dr. Brad Braxton speaks in Wail Chapel on Tuesday.
Braxton returns
to Wake Forest
for fiery sermon
Worship in Wait lecture focuses on anniver
sary of Winston-Salem sit-ins
BY l.AYl.A FARMER
THE CHRONIC LE
Fifty years ago, a group of students from Wake Forest
University joined forces with a group of students from Winston
Salem State University and under the leadership of Carl
Dr. George Williamson speaks.
Matthews staged an unprece
dented integrated sit-in move
ment at segregated downtown
lunch counters.
The Winston-Salem sit
ins. which started just days
after the famous Greensboro
Four sit-in. were successful,
and within months, every
lunch counter in Winston
Salem was integrated.
Dr. Brad Braxton paid
homage to those who stood
for equality on Tuesday, as he
gave the keynote address tor
Wake Forest Divinity
School's latest Worship in
Wait lecture.
Braxton, a Rhodes Scholar who was a founding faculty mem
ber of Wake Forest's School W Divinity, spoke on the importance
of remaining vigilant in the quest for change.
"I am an advocate of change, but change can be a dangerous
proposition," he said. "Periods of transition are precarious ... if
we begin a process of transformation without moving it along to
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Lodge honors
living examples
of Black History
BY TODD LUCK
rHi CHRONICl 1
At a weekend gala. Salem Lodge No.
139 celebrated those who are
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tried to make some history of its
own by raising money for a new
scholarship program
The Black History Month
Community Banquet and Robert
A. Miller Scholarship Gala was
held at the Anderson Center on
the campus of Winston-Salem
State University.
"We come together in your
honor to assure you your work in
tht* rnmmnnitv vi-icn't in vuin
and will not go unnoticed." Salem Lodge
Worshipful Master Richard Williams told
the four award recipients who were hon
ored for leaving their mark on local black'
history.
Williams
City Council Member Dewin
Montgomery received the Pioneer Award.
At 21 -years-old, he won a seat on the City
Council last year, becoming Winston
Salem's youngest Council
member ever and the youngest
ele'cted official in the state. ?
Montgomery, who's term
began in January, said his tran
sition from a WSSU student to
an elected official has been
smooth so far. He said he was
grateful to be among the
esteemed group of honorees.
"I'm honored just to be ... a
young person and to be in the
company with such people like
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inem, suiu Montgomery .
Darryl Hunt received the Social Justice
Award. Hunt spent nearly 20 years in
prison for a murder he didn't commit
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Picture-Perfect
Ph.*o h\ Lay la Farmer
District Court Judge Camille Banks-Payne poses with her three year-old son. Alex,
at a kickoff celebration for the re-election campaigns of three of her colleagues. The
event look place last Thursday at the Fourth Street Filling Station. Read more on
page \I0. X
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Miss North Carolina t St
Sadia Moffelt
Beauty Is
As
Beauty
Does
Miss N.C. has
positive message
for young people
BY I.AYLA FARMER
I HI CHRONIC I t
M iss North Carolina L'SA
visited Parkland IB Magnet
High School on Monday to
take part in a special Black
History Month program
High Point resident Nadia
Moffett said her \isit was the
first of what she hopes w ill be
many visits to high schools
throughout the state as she
prepares to represent the state
at the April IS Miss L'SA
competition in Las Vegas
Moffett spoke to the stu
dents ahout the importance of
"finding the finish line" in
their lives.
"My goal was to inspire
them to set goals." said the
UNCG alumna " Know
your goal and that way. you'll
be able to achieve."
Though she is new to the
role of Miss NC USA I she
won the crown in November),
the 24-year-old is used to
motivating youth. She co
founded I he Make Me a
Queen Foundation, a charac
ter building organization for
preteen girls, in 2008.
Though she only recently
began competing on the pag
eant circuit. Moffett says
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Black philanthropic fund gives grants
HY LAY I A FARMER
?THE CHR( JNICl.h
The Black Philanthropy
Initiative (BPI) of the Winston
Salem Foundation awarded
$17,500 in grants last week to
four community-friendly
organizations.
Consumer Credit
Counseling Services of Forsyth
County; the Darrvl Hunt
Project for Freedom and
Justice; Family Services/Head
Start; and Grace Presbyterian
Church w ill use their grants for
programs that advance finan
cial literacy.
BPI. which was established
in 2<MX> to strengthen philan
thropic efforts in the black
community, awarded the grants
through its Black Philanthropy
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Recipients of 2010 grants from the Winston-Salem Foundation's Black Philanthropy Fund
pose with members of the Hlack Philanthropy Initiative.
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