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By Bashir Muhammad Akinyele “In America there is no such thing as Democrat or Republican anymore. In America you have liberals and conservatives. The only people living in the past who think in terms of I’m a Democrat or Republican, is the American Negro. He’s the one that runs around bragging about party affiliation. He’s […]
Do you believe in miracles?
At Love in the Name of Christ (Love INC) of Bedford County ministry in Everett, faith is a way of life.
But after Wednesday afternoonâs massive fire that roared through the building that houses the organizationâs Seek and Find thrift shop, that faith has only gotten stronger.
After watching dense black smoke pour out of the building for hours, followed by flames shooting skyward as firefighters began to peel off multiple layers of roofing, when folks from Love INC were able to inspect the damage they found that much of the stock for their thrift shop was undamaged.
Firefighters from across Bedford County and the region responded to a massive fire that destroyed the Love in the Name of Christâs Seek and Find thrift shop in Everett on Wednesday afternoon.
Everett Deputy Chief Chuck Stone estimated that at least 14 fire companies were at the scene, with many others on standby. âJust about every companyâ in Bedford County was involved either at the fire or on standby, along with others from Blair, Somerset and Fulton counties and a tanker from Clear Spring, Md.
The fire began about 1:15 p.m. and was caused by burning rubbish in the rear of the building.
1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones joins UNC faculty
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will join UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July.
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Hannah-Jones has been named as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at University of North Carolina’s Hussman School of Journalism.
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Chuck Stone with giving her valuable guidance as she prepared for a career in journalism.
“I see classrooms as democratic institutions, where all students should be encouraged to participate, but where the instructor must understand that not all students feel equally empowered to do so,” Hannah-Jones said. “I think it is critical that professors encourage students in their varied talents and experiences and give them equal weight within the classroom.”