60 Years Ago: Students Launched Sit-In Movement
February 6, 2020
Violent episodes were the exceptions and not the rule of the massively spreading Sit-in Movement.
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Stephen A. Smith speaks on his childhood and path to ESPN (Part 2)
April 8, 2017
Renowned sportscaster Stephen A. Smith goes in depth on his struggles with reading as a child and his method of overcoming his academic obstacles.
Host: Brandon I. Brooks
Legendary sports commentator Stephen A. Smith goes one-on-one
April 5, 2017
When it comes to the world of sports commentary, few voices, faces or names are more recognizable than that of Stephen A. Smith.
ESPN Personality Gives Back to Alma Mater, Winston-Salem State
January 27, 2016
Stephen A. Smith, co-host of ESPN show “First Take” has committed to donate $50,000 every year for five years to his Alma Mater, Winston-Salem State University (WSSU), according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Smith made this commitment during the WSSU fundraiser breakfast, 400 people attended the event and the university raised $33,000 from the breakfast. Winston-Salem is a historically black college (HBCU) that was founded in 1892. Smith attended on a basketball scholarship, though injuries hindered his playing time, and graduated from the university in 1991. His service to the university made Smith a member of the Big House Gaines Hall
4 North Carolina officers on leave after man died custody
December 16, 2015
Four white police officers are on administrative duty after a black man who was subdued with pepper spray died in custody, authorities said. Winston-Salem authorities said in a written statement that 31-year-old Travis Nevelle Page became unresponsive after he was taken into custody on December 9 following a brief struggle with officers. Page died at a hospital. Two of the officers have been with the department for 20 years or more; the others, one year and three years. Police said they responded to a report of a firearm being fired and found a man matching the description given by the