Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University featured the neighborhood in Pride & Dignity from the Hill: A Celebration of the Historic Happy Hill Community in 2010.
Based on the 2010 U.S. Census, Happy Hill had a population of 3,204 people, said Cheryl Harry, the executive director of the Triad Cultural Arts Inc. in Winston-Salem.
Over the past 25 years, Happy Hill reunions have attracted hundreds of former residents to the Sims Recreation Center where they remembered the people and events that shaped the neighborhood. The 2020 event was canceled because of the pandemic. These reunions show the pride that residents have for the area and are proud for the nurturing family values that young people enjoyed growing up there, Mayor Allen Joines said. It is very appropriate that we recognize and remember the impact that this historic neighborhood has had on our city, particularly during Black History Month. Â
Charlottesville community members call for memorialization of former slave auction
Charlottesville community members call for memorialization of former slave auction By Max Marcilla | February 5, 2021 at 9:36 PM EST - Updated February 6 at 2:34 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - On Friday afternoon, the Charlottesville community remembered and spoke out about some of the city’s ugly past.
At a gathering on the corner of Park Street and East Jefferson Street near Court Square, a group recalled the auctioning of slaves on the same corner fewer than 200 years ago.
“Those slaves were my ancestors,” said Rev. Marvin Morgan, a pastor at Sojourners United Church in Charlottesville. “And to act as if it did not happen by refusing to pass that information on to another generation is unforgivable.”
LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Who or what named for: James Russell Lowell (1819â1891) was a Harvard College and Harvard Law School graduate best known as an American Romantic poet and member of a New England writers group known as the âFireside Poets.â
Location: 401 Maple Ave.
Grades: K4-5th
Pictured above, the cafeteria, carved out of two kindergarten classrooms, has a homey feel, complete with a tiled fireplace. âThis isnât a standard school. Itâs 100 years old and weâre celebrating that,â Principal John Burkholder said in May 2017. ANDY MANIS, FOR THE STATE JOURNAL
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SANDBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Who or what named for: Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 â July 22, 1967) was a Swedish-American poet, writer, and editor who won Pulitzer Prizes for his poetry and his biography of Abraham Lincoln. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson described Sandburg as more than the voice of America, more than the poet of its str
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