Cool Timeline

1934
August 3

Dr. H. Rembert Malloy, Sr.

Doctor H. R. Malloy attended public schools in Winston-Salem & graduated from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte NC. Following graduate study at the University of Chicago, he completed work for his M. D. degree at Howard University in Washington D. C.   Doctor Malloy was an attending surgeon at Forsyth..Read More

1927
January 1

East Winston Library

A library branch to serve African American residents of Winston-Salem opened on February 15, 1927.  For four years the library was located in the Chestnut Street Branch of the YWCA.  The library was named for famous African American poet, George Moses Horton.  In 1953, Dr. H.D. Malloy, Sr., Dr. H...Read More

1926
July 28

Safe Bus

Public transportation did not operate in neighborhoods where most black people lived. Twenty-two competing jitney owners provided transportation for black workers. On April 24, 1926, Clarence T. Woodland organized a meeting of all the jitney owners to join forces and form a single company.  After an initial meeting, 13 operators..Read More

1919
January 1

William Scales

William S. Scales was an entrepreneur beginning in the mid 1900s, operating cafes, billiard parlors, manufacturing plants, a funeral home, a bank and theaters.  He was born in Winston-Salem in 1878 and worked at R J Reynolds as laborer.  

1911
January 1

YMCA-YWCA

According to an undated newspaper article, the “colored branch of the YMCA” formerly known as the Patterson Avenue Y.M.C.A. and now known as the Winston Lake Family YMCA has been existence since 1911.  The YWCA for Blacks opened in 1917.  In the 1920s, community leaders, both black and white saw..Read More

1906
July 28

Winston Mutual Insurance

Winston Mutual Insurance

Winston Industrial Insurance Association, a health and accident insurance company, was founded on August 6, 1906, by Dr. J. W. Jones and other local Black civic and business leaders. They were concerned because medical expenses and costs associated with funerals was more costly for Blacks due to lower wages and..Read More

1902
January 1

Slater Hospital

Slater Hospital was the first hospital in the county for Blacks.  Simon Green Atkins raised $3,650 and R.J. Reynolds matched the amount to fund the building.  The hospital was located next the Salter Industrial and State Normal School.   Later the building was used as a men’s dormitory and for home..Read More

1892
January 1

Winston-Salem State University

Dr. Simon Green Atkins established Slater Industrial School in 1892.  It became the first school to offer high school courses for African Americans.  The academy became a public school in 1895 and it name was changed to Slater Industrial and State Normal School tow years later.  It started offering teaching certificates..Read More

1881
May 2

Israel Clements

Israel L. Clements was elected to the Board of Commissioners in May, 1881 but died less than a year later. He was the first African American elected to public office in Winston or Salem. Upon his death a resolution by the Board called him “..one of our most faithful and..Read More

1867
January 1

Historically Black Schools

Historically Black Schools

In 1830-31 North Carolina passed laws that made it illegal to teach enslaved Black people to learn how to read and write. Two years after the ending of slavery, Lewis Hege, Alexander Volger (Gates), and Robert Waugh, Black lay leaders in the African Moravian Church in Salem, led the effort..Read More