For quite some time the debate has been out: can a white person teach black culture? Can that person teach it to black kids? Some students and parents may consider this for issues other than education. This topic is morally and racially controversial because there are no statistics that answer […]
Month: February 2007
Harriet Tubman: The woman behind the underground railroad
Erin C. Perkins Harriet Tubman is an instrumental black female leader best known for her brave escapades as an Underground Railroad conductor. During a 10-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted more than 300 slaves to freedom. And, as she once proudly pointed out to Frederick […]
Washington a forerunner of the Civil Rights Movement
Booker Taliaferro Washington, better known as Booker T. Washington, was born April 5, 1856, as a slave to a slave-owner father and a slave mother in Franklin County, Va. Washington is better known for his heroics as one of the forefathers of the civil rights movement. Washington learned to read […]
Black History opens classroom doors to past and present
Every year Americans set aside the month of February to recognize prominent African American leaders who have impacted not only blacks, but society as a whole. The journey of infiltrating the minds of people in society begins in the classroom. The notion of a dedicated time for black history instruction […]
Quite Frankly… Smith keeps it real
Stephen A. Smith, “The hardest working man in sports show business,” dropped by his alma mater, Winston-Salem State University, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, to give a booster shot of passion for students aspiring to be successful media professionals. “I speak from the heart; I try to be as real as […]
Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight to deliver the James A. Gray lecture Feb. 8
The Rev. Carolyn Ann Knight, former assistant professor of homiletics at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Ga., will deliver the third in the four-part James A. Gray Lecture series on Thursday, Feb. 8, 9:45 a.m. in Dillard Auditorium of the Albert H. Anderson Conference Center. A native of Denver, […]
John Edwards, 2008 presidential candidate, visits Winston-Salem
#8220;It is important for the president to lead and to have a vision,” said John Edwards, presidential hopeful, lawyer and former U.S. senator during his visit to Wake Forest University on Jan. 29 during WFU School of Law’s “Conservation With” series, which took place in Wait Chapel. Moderators Miles Foy […]
Twenty-eight days of rememberance: WSSU celebrates Black History Month
From beginning to end, this month is filled with events commemorating an immense heritage of great distinction. As Black History Month, February is a celebrated time across the U.S. Many great leaders, freedom fighters and activists of the past are remembered and honored during this time for their hard work […]
Stomp! Step! Sing!
WSSU fraternities and sororities will honor Black History Month Friday, Feb. 23, with a hard-stomping, hand-slapping, mean-mugging event that will showcase the hard work they put into the art of stepping. When asked about the step show coming up this month, Danny Bush, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity […]
First Demont P. Cox Oratorical Contest selects winning speakers
On Tuesday, Jan. 23, the Beta Iota chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. held the first Demont P. Cox Oratorical Contest in the R. J. Reynolds Building, with the goal of identifying “problems or special topics of interest within society and determining how [they] relates to the African-American Community.” […]