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BBsSf-a" ?Ha. ns. iMs jjupiy Page bw m The Chronicle I ?? ' , '"'.V * * ??,?. (J Volume39,Number 13 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 22, 2012 Photo by Layta Farmer Dr. Robert Herring III stands on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. Eyewitness to history WSSU's Herring's James Meredith scrapbooks donated to Ole Miss BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE When it comes to the integration of the University of Mississippi, Winston-Salem State University Professor Dr. Robert Herring pi is a walking history book. Herring, the son of an Ole Miss professor, was living on the outskirts of the campus when James Meredith integrated the university in 1962 For months, Herri^, U1C UHJCSl UI five children, lived and breathed Meredith's historic enrollment and the explo sive riot that marked his arrival on campus. "It was really hard to concentrate on my studies in high school, really hard for a period of time," related Herring, who was a sopho more at the nearby University High School the year Meredith arrived. "The eye of the nation - the eye of the world J- waa right here." Herring recorded the story of Meredith's enrollment in three simple "school glue and paper" scrapbooks that he created by scouring six different newspapers daily for articles about Meredith. The scrapbooks cover Meredith's courageous story, from Sept. 18, 1962 - when reports of his impending enrollment began to sur face - until Nov. 2, 1962, when Ole Miss football fans, under threat of expulsion, reportedly ignored Meredith's presence in the stadium and instead focused their nega tive energy on the opposing team. In August, Herring donated the scrapbooks - now considered telling historical documents - and excerpts from his personal diary to the University of Mississippi See Herring on A7 j^p^top CTOf MERHXTM Some of the dozens of newt clips thai Robert Herring collected u a hoy. ?: J -i 4-1 ^'>3 Mack & Martin Photo by Tbdd Luck Noted commentator Roland Martin (right) poses with Union Baptist Church Pastor Dr. Sir Walter Mack Jr. on Sunday. Martin gave the keynote address at the Corner 2 Corner Drug Dealers and Street Life Conference. Mack founded the conference nearly a decade ago to help reform folks who are often looked down upon. Read more about the conference and graduation on Page A3. Civil Rights icon says practice 'aggressive patience' BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Hollis Watkins has been fighting for freedom for more than five decides. Watkins, the younge" of 12 chil <fepP-j^orn to sharecroppers in TmCHn, Miss., became the first stu dent from his state to join the Voting Rights Project of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1961, and has served as a champion for civil rights ever since. "I don't encourage nobody to do what I've done," he quipped. "I think I've had two and a half vacations in the last SO years." Still, Watkins, the founder and president of Southern Echo, Inc., shows no signs of stopping. "The stuff we call work is no longer wort for me," he declared. "I enjoy every bit of it." Watkins, a father of eight, found ed Southern Echo in 1989, to train, educate and equip the next genera tion of grassroots social justice lead ers. "One of the things that has given me longevity is my love and desire to See WatkkM on Alt ? rr - Ptiolo by L*yb Garms Hollis Wat kins addresses a crowd on Friday evening. Ojo's road to M.D. began at Forsyth Tech BY TODD LUCK THB CHRONICLE Dr. Adesanmi Abel Ojo returned to Forsyth Technical Community College last week, telling students how the path that led him to a career in medicine began at Forsyth Tech. Ojo dreamed of being a doctor since his childhood in his native Nigeria. He would watch his father, Abel Ojo. a nurse anes thetist, interact with patients at a local clinic. MI knew for me the road leading to suc cess was always medicine," said Ojo. "I just needed a place to go to achieve that goal." He found that place in 2002, after his family moved to Forsyth County. He drove by Forsyth Tech by chance and ended up enrollint at the school. He earned an associ ate degree in biology. After graduating from Forsyth Tech, he transferred to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he earned a BS degree in 2006. He just became a medical doctor after graduating from the medical college at the American University of Antigua. The school is located in St. John's on the Kim4 1 See Q)o on AS Dr. Adesanmi Ah*I Ojo speaks. i? '? h -r {111 | i | / * talo by UrUOvmt Alia n Washington stands in front of the Performance Place on the V N C S A campus. One to Watch UNCSA student taking the world by storm BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Twenty-one-year-old Allan Washington's performing arte career is going places, quite literally. Washington, a senior in the Drama School at the UNC School of the Arte, recently returned from a trip to Oman, a tiny nation on the Arab peninsula. The Indianapolis, Ind. native and fellow cast members from the Copperstown, N.Y.-based Glimmerglass See Waabinftoa on A] Ktvitt Stites ! ! ? %
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