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Obama! 5 SPECIAL SECT1 The Chroni • See Opinion ! onim pages on A6&7 • • See Sports on page 151 ■ Volume 43, Number 20 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C THURSDAY, January 19, 2017 ■T, Keith Ellison, the front runner for DNC chairperson, speaks BY DONNA ROGERS THE CHRONICLE. More than 1,000 people gathered for the annual break fast on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday Monday, Jan. 16, in the Embassy Suites Pavilion dowhtown to hear what appeared to be a blueprint for success for the Democrats in 2018. “If you and I are going to succeed in this era, we must go to the people.” said Minnesota U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the front run ner for the Democratic National Committee chairperson. He was the keynote speaker at this year’s breakfast. He is vying to lead the Democrats as they reorganize to win elections in 2018. “This movement' is not about one person, but it is about our common struggle to elevate dignity and humanity, and if we will dedicate ourselves and never quit ana never slop, and always move forward, never back away ... then we will win. So be encouraged.” The Chronicle and the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity sponsored the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast Forum, also known as the Pfayer Breakfast. This year was seen as significant because of the chal lenges 2016 brought for African-Americans. District Judge Denise Hartsfield, the mistress of cere monies, mentioned the hard truths that came about in 2016, such as the attack on rights in North Carolina and the election of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton, who received about 3 million more votes Keith Ellison, front runner for the Democratic National Committee chairper son, delivered the keynote address during the prayer breakfast. than Trump but lost the Electoral College vote. The College decides the president of the United States under the U.S. Constitution. Ellison praised Dr. King and civil rights icons such as Georgia U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who said in a recent inter view that he doesn’t consider President-elect Donald Trump a legitimate president and he will not attend his inauguration. Dozens of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have said they will join Lewis by not attending the inauguration ceremony that will transfer presidential power to Donald Trump tomorrow, Jan. 20. See Ellison on A2 MLK HOLIDAY i "A4 ' -v ■ 1 & NAA Submitted photo Following the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast sponsored by The Chronicle and the Minsters’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity, nearly 100 people marched from the Embassy Suites to Union Baptist Church. There are ‘two Americas,’ ministers’ group says CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT_'__]_ To commemorate the holiday to remember civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity (MCWSV) sponsored a one-mile march on Monday, Jan. 16, after the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Day Breakfast. The annual King Day march started at the Embassy Suites on Cherry Street downtown and proceeded to Sixth Street and headed north onto Trade Street. The march ended at Union Baptist Church at 1200 Trade St., the site of the Noon Hour MLK Jr. Day celebration this year. As people marched, they held signs, including one promoting the theme the Conference had for its nighttime service on Monday. The Rev. Dr. Lamonte Williams, president of the MCWSV, said the theme for the evening service was to be “Two America's divid ed and struggling for genuine equality.” He says the Conference decided to choose this particular theme for the serv ice because America is divided. “Now we find ourselves in this moment in history where we have basically two classes of citizens, the haves and the have nots,” Williams said last week. N. Carolinians hail Obama, but dread Pres. Trump BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE On Friday, Jan. 20, at the stroke of 12 noon, as Barack Hussein Obama officially steps down from power as the nation’s two-term elected president of the United States, controversial businessman Donald J. Trump will be swom-in as the 45th president, and his four-year term will begin. As elsewhere in America, North Carolina is virtually split between those sorry to see the nation’s first African American go, and those who are happy to see a new Republican president take office, promising to “Make America Great Again.” In the black community, though, while there is gener ally pride in Obama’s historic tenure, there is also trepida tion about what the Trump presidency will mean for the nation, and the world. Speakers across the country, See commemora and across the state at Dr. five page from The Martin Luther King Holiday Chronicle on President commemorations, addressed Barack Obama as he what was most on people’s |eaves office. Page A8 minds and hearts. “If we confront the era of Donald Trump, then you don’t need to get all scared,” U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota, and leading candidate to diair the Democratic National Committee, said Monday in Winston-Salem. “People before you stood up.” He spoke at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Breakfast Forum, also known as the Prayer Breakfast, which was sponsored by The Chronicle and the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity. “President Obama should be penned among America’s best in our history,” state Rep. Evelyn Terry of Winston See Obama on A2 People on the Street Trump and the future BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE Tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 20, Donald J. Trump will officially be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. After arguably the most controversial election of all time, The Chronicle wanted to know how the people of the city felt about the immediate future of the country. To find out, we hit the streets, and here’s what the people had to say. Trump Question: With President Elect Donald Trump set to be sworn in tomorrow (Friday, Jan. 20), what are your thoughts on the immediate future of the country? See Street on A2 We Rent U-Haul Trucks! (336) 924-7000 www.assuredstoragews. com
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