The Chronicle
Volume43,Number47 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, August 4, 2016
Storm in
Raleigh
Fairgrounds
Hoops
Wait and see after
N.C. voter ID ruling
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BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE
Eric Ellison, chairman of the Forsyth
County Democratic Party, is "overjoyed,"
anticipating an even better GOTV (get out
the vote) effort going into November.
Linda Sutton, interim secretary for the
Forsyth County NAACP and field organiz
er for the non-partisan advocacy group,
Democracy North Carolina, is also very
pleased, but in a holding pattern like
everyone else.
Sutton and Ellison, like most activists
who supported efforts by the N.C. NAACP
and others to legally overturn parts of
North Carolina's "Monster Voting law,"
were certainly thrilled to hear last week
that a three-judge federal appellate panel
indeed struck down key elements of the
2013 measure, effective immediately.
"The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court [of
Appeals] ruling [Friday] is a people's vie
tory and a victory that sends a message to
the nation," said the Rev. Dr. William J.
Barber II, president of the North Carolina
State Conference of the NAACP. "The
court found - under the sensitive inquiry
required by law - that how the law was
enacted and its impact made crystal clear
that discriminatory intent impermissibly
motivated this General Assembly.
"Under our Constitution, and under the
core principles and dictates of the Voting
Rights Act ..." Barber continued. "...
these provisions have no legitimacy under
the law."
In its ruling, the federal appellate court
stated that the Republican-led N.C.
General Assembly was racially motivated
with "discriminatory intent" in passing the
2013 voting restrictions, saying, that
African-Americans were targeted "... with
almost surgical precision."
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Photo by Todd Luck
Tim Grant listens as a string of speakers talk during his retirement celebration last week.
Paige
Norby
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Just because Tun Grant is retired
as Winston-Salem Recreation and
Parks director, doesn't mean you
won't be seeing him around local
parks.
"I've encouraged everyone else to
get out and use the facilities, now I'm
going to use them," Grant told friends
and co-workers at a well-attended
retirement celebration held at City
Hall on Friday, July 29.
Grant, a native of Martinsville,
Virginia, attended Winston-Salem
State University (WSSU) where he
played basketball under Coach
Clarence "Big House" Gaines. He
graduated from WSSU with a physi
cal education degree and got his mas
ter's degree in sport management
from U.S. Sports Academy in
Daphne, Alabama. He would go oil to
be a coach and athletic administrator
at WSSU.
Grant said it was working as a life
guard during the summer at city pools
that made him change careers to pub
lic recreation. In 1995, he became a
district supervisor with Recreation
and Parks. After a few years as assis
tant and interim director of the
Durham Parks and Recreation
Department, he came back to
Winston-Salem, were he became the
interim parks and recreation director.
In 2003, he became director of the
department, where he would super
vise 17 recreation centers and 76
parks.
Ben Piggott, supervisor at Carl
Russell Sr. Recreation Center, likened
what Grant did with Recreation and
Parks to what Coach Gaines did with
WSSU basketball.
"Tim was like a coach," said
Piggott. 'Tim was the head coach for
all the different recreation centers. All
we did was follow his lead."
Piggott said Grant allowed each
recreation center supervisor to use his
or her individual creativity to develop
his or her own programs. Piggott
developed many successful and long
running programs at his recreation
centers under Grant's supervision,
like Peace Toys for War Toys, the
Happy Hill Reunion and Bingo for
Turkeys.
There were many who had kind
things to say' about Grant during the
retirement event. Assistant City
Manager Derwick Paige praised him
for his calm demeanor, even in the
most stressful situations, and his pas
sion for his work. Paul Norby, direc
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Black Dollars
app helps
keep money
in community
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
Statistics show that the lifespan of a dollar in the Asian
CQmmunity is 28 days and in the Jewish community the
lifespan is 19 days. For the African-American community,
the lifespan of the dollar is about six hours.
To help keep the dollar in the black community longer,
Winston-Salem businessmen Victor Davidson II and
Lewis "Buck" Green have created a phone application
named Black Dollars. The Black Dollars app lists black
owned businesses for African-Americans to patronize.
"I am real big on generational wealth, so I wanted to
build something that my
kids could one day
own," said Davidson.
"We feel this app is a
way for small business
owners to build wealth
as well. Our goal is to
have the black dollar
stay in the African
American community
for at least a month by
recycling the dollars
within our own busi
nesses."
According to a
recent Nielsen Co. sta
tistic, African
Americans will have
$1.2 trillion in collec
tive buying power in
2016. Davidson and
Green seek to steer
some of those dollars
toward black-owned
businesses. They cur
rently are attracting
businesses to the app by
going door to door and using social media, l ney are start
ing with local businesses but plan on going nationwide as
the app grows.
Davidson went on to say, "Our hope is for every
African-American, prior to purchasing any goods or serv
ices, check their Black Dollars app. We want to be on
every African-American smart phone in the nation.
Before they spend a dollar anywhere, we want them to see
if there is a black-owned business to patronize."
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The Black Dollars app lists
black-owned businesses for
African-Americans to
patronize.
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'Surviving the Stop' aims
to change the narrative
of police-black
community relations
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
At a place in time, where it seems like every day black men lose their lives
during routine traffic stops, Winston-Salem native Bobby Kimbrough is look
ing to change that narrative by arming the African-American community with
knowledge on how to deal with police.
After serving more than 30 years in law enforcement on local, state and
federal levels, Kimbrough has used his years of experience to write a hand
book on how to deal with law enforcement, titled "Surviving the Stop."
The book provides readers with valuable information that fosters an
improved relationship between law enforcement and the community to ensure
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