October 7: Happy Birthday! Laurie Carolyn Pratt
Laurie Carolyn Pratt was born on this day in 1923, in Forsyth County, to Eugene C. and Sallie Pfaff Pratt. Laurie graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School and studied music at Atlantic Christian...
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June 17,1959: Mahalia Jackson Visits Winston-Salem
On this day in 1959, Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, made her first visit to Winston-Salem. Mahalia sang a recital of gospel music in the Atkins High School gymnasium under the sponsorship of the WAAA...
February 9: Happy Birthday! Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson was born in Winston-Salem in 1922, but was known then as Zelma Kathryn Hedrick of Apple Street. Her family moved to St. Louis when she was a child and Kathryn later became...