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February 24, 2024
Special guest appearance with author Chenita Johnson
Saturday, February 24, 2024, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
African American Firsts of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County North Carolina
By Chenita Johnson
Please join us for an author talk and book signing with Chenita Johnson on Saturday, February 24, 2024. Chenita will be discussing her book, African American Firsts of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County North Carolina: Pioneers who greatly impacted this city, this county, this nation and the world.
About the Book:
This New History Book contains over 250 years of documented African American Firsts of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County North Carolina. This book shows the connections and exemplifies the rise of documented African American talents from inside and outside of this historic community.
Nia Imani at The Bookhouse
100 Things to do in Winston-Salem Before You Die
Jeffrey L. Smith received a BA degree in Public Administration from Elon University. In 1986 he returned to
Paul is a Winston-Salem native, a graduate of R.J. Reynolds High School and Wake Forest University, where he got his first taste of the media as an announcer for the student-run station, WAKE Radio. He has earned advanced degrees in liberal arts and journalism/mass communications from Johns Hopkins University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Paul has worked as a journalist for 30 years. Locally he has worked for The High Point Enterprise, the News & Record of Greensboro and the Winston-Salem Journal. Paul has been affiliated with 88.5 FM WFDD, public radio for the Piedmont and High Country, for the last 10 years. He also currently serves as an adjunct professor of the practice in Journalism at Wake Forest University.