Updated: 12:58 PM EST Mar 1, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff City officials in Winston-Salem held a brief ceremony Monday morning to unveil an honorary street sign to mark the 70th anniversary of the Winston-Salem Fire Department’s first Black firefighters.The firefighters reported for duty on March 1, 1951, at the original Fire Station No. 4 located at 214 N. Dunleith Ave. Monday s ceremony was held near that site at the corner of East Third Street and Dunleith Avenue. The old fire station has since been converted to a church. Speakers included Mayor Allen Joines, members of City Council and fire Chief Trey Mayo. The honorary street sign designates that block of Dunleith as “First Eight Avenue,” and honors the city’s first eight Black firefighters: Raphael Black, Willie Carter, Lester Ervin, John “Hank” Ford, Robert Greer, John Meredith, George Penn and John “Roi” Thomas. The city hired the eight men after Mayor Marshall K
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Today is a stand-out collection of deals, with AirPods Pro at a particularly low price at Woot, and a nice at-home workout bench for anyone looking to get a active in time for summer.
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5 Lessons Learned at the Golden Globes: From the Call for Diversity to Awkward Zooms
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The Golden Globes were held on Sunday, and we learned so much as we continue on into the awards season but the lessons may not be what we had expected in this extended pandemic year. Here are some of the things we learned from the first big awards show of 2021:
The elephant in the awards room regarding diversity
If you look over the past week of events for the HFPA, it’s been undoubtedly one of the most challenging as an organization. From the LA Times story regarding the complete lack of Black members on Sunday, Feb. 21, to
Wealthy UT-Austin alumni supporting Eyes of Texas threatened to pull donations, emails show
Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
March 1, 2021
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The Texas Longhorns had just lost to rival Oklahoma for the third time in a row this time after a quadruple overtime.
The bruising loss was quickly overshadowed when then-Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger stood alone on the field for the playing of the university’s alma mater song The Eyes of Texas, a postgame tradition. The rest of the team, who typically stay to sing the song with fans at the end of games, had retreated from the field.
For many University of Texas at Austin students who had spent months protesting and petitioning the school to get rid of The Eyes of Texas, it was gutting to see the student leader seemingly taking a stand. (Ehlinger later said he was only lingering alone on the field to talk with coaches.) The song played to the tune of I’ve been working on the railroad was historically p