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Volume 44, Number 20
WINSTON-SALEM, NX, j
THURSDAY, January 18, 2018
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Following the annual
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Prayer breakfast at the
Benton Convention Center,
more than 100 people put
on their walking shoes and
marched through the
streets of downtown
Winston-Salem in honor of
the civil rights icon.
The march, which was
hosted by the Ministers’
Conference of Winston
Salem and Vicinity
(MCWSV), has become a
King Day tradition for res
idents in the city. ’
And despite blistering
cold temperatures, this
year’s event was bigger
than ever.
While the march usual
ly always draws a large
crowd of clergy, elected
officials and adults, what
turned the tide this year
was an overwhelming
number of children and
teens,
“This is going to be
most amazing march yet
because we have so many
young people joining us. I
think it’s going to be awe
some,” Bishop Todd Fulton
told The Chronicle before
the march. “I want to thank
everyone who participated
this year. I couldn’t ask for
more.”
Leading the way during
the march, which snaked
through the streets of
downtown and ended at
Union Baptist Church on
Trade Street, were the soul
ful sounds of the Marching
Yellowjackets from Carver
High School. Behind them
were countless signs read
ing “#StandAgainstHate,”
“Black Lives Matter,” and
“No More Lying” that
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Photos by Tevin Stinson
Children lead the way and even carry the banner
during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March earli
er this week.
(At top) Zeke Wright holds a sign he made himself
that reads “No More Lying” during the King Day
March on Monday, Jan. 15.
Hundreds of people, including many elected officials, attend the Martin
Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast on what would have been Dr. King's 89th
birthday.
King more than a
dreamer, speaker says
Senior U.S. District Court
Judge James A. Beaty Jr.
delivers the keynote address
during the Martin Luther
King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.
BY DONNA ROGERS
THE CHRONICLE
As we celebrate the 89th birthday
and federal holiday of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., we should remember
the sacrifices he made to get us where
we are today, said the keynote speak
er at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Prayer Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 15.
The Chronicle and the Ministers’
Conference of Winston-Salem and
Vicinity sponsored the Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Prayer Breakfast at the
Benton Convention Center.
James A. Beaty Jr., senior United
States district judge of the United
States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, said he
was a freshman at Western Carolina
University when he heard the news
on April 4, 1968 that King had been
fatally shot. “I was stunned,” he. said.
He said the three emotions he had
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All third-grade teachers to get literacy training
WINSTON SALEM. NC 27101-2755 60
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
The local board of education got back to work
last week as they held the first meeting of the new
year.
The first item up for discussion during the
meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, was a contract with
Education Resource Group LLC (ERG), to pro
vide literacy training on “Teacher Directed
Reading” and “Guided
Reading” to all third
grade teachers in the dis
trict.
One of the items on
the board’s “to do list” is
to get third-grade reading
scores to 90 percent by
2020. Rusty Hall, district
instructional superintendent, said the training will
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be geared toward reaching that goal.
Currently only 55 percent of all third-graders
read at grade level.
“Feeling a sense of urgency, we wanted to see
what we could do differently to ensure that we
reach these goals. We want to get to that trajectory
to where we’re going to get to that 90 percent by
2020,” Hall said.
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TRUMP CONTROVERSY
Rep. Adams
blasts Trump
over slur
BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE
At least one North Carolina congressperson joined a
plethora of critics expressing utter outrage over confirmed
reports that President Donald Trump, in a meeting with
Senate leaders last week, referred to Haiti and African
countries as “shithole” nations while expressing disdain
for the prospect of more immigrants from those nations
coming to the United States.
Trump reportedly expressed a greater interest in see
ing people from Norway, an overwhelmingly white coun
try, immigrate to Amenca.
“I am personally offend
ed and appalled by today's
comments which are yet
another example of
President Trump's racist ide
ologies," said U.S. Rep.
Alma Adams (D-12-NC) in
a statement Jan. 11 after
reports of Trump’s vulgar
remark hit the fan. "My con
cern now is solely with the
millions of people and our
allies who will be impacted
by this administration's poli
cies that are clearly driven
by racism. These prejudiced
Adams
beliefs are a betrayal ot our Amencan values ana tanta
mount to an abdication of his basic responsibility to rep
resent all Americans.”
A spokesperson for Rep. Adams added that she would
support a call for the censure of President Trump by
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Cedric
Richmond (D-LA) and Rep. Jerold Nadler (D-NY),
expected to be introduced now that Congress is back in
session after the MLK holiday.
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