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Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is a historically black public university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[1]

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  1. 72 relations: Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Carla Cunningham, Carolina Panthers, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Charlie Brady Hauser, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chris Paul, Cleo Hill, Dallas Cowboys, Democratic Party (United States), Dennis L. A. White, Derwin Montgomery, Detroit Lions, Donald Evans (American football), Earl Monroe, Earl Williams (basketball player), Earline Parmon, ESPN, First Take (talk show), Fraternities and sororities, Golden State Warriors, Harry Lewis (politician), Hidden Figures, Historically black colleges and universities, Houston Rockets, Lorraine H. Morton, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Rams, Louis Farrakhan, Louise Smith, MacKenzie Scott, Maria Howell, Marshall L. Shepard, Miami Dolphins, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, NASCAR, National Basketball Association, National Football League, NCAA Division II, New Orleans Pelicans, New York Jets, News & Record, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, Oronde Gadsden, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Philadelphia Eagles, Phoenix Suns, ... Expand index (22 more) »

  2. 1892 establishments in North Carolina
  3. Historically black universities and colleges in North Carolina
  4. Public universities and colleges in North Carolina
  5. University of North Carolina

Atlanta Falcons

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta.

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Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta.

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Carla Cunningham

Carla D. Cunningham (born January 12, 1962) is an American Democratic politician.

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Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, whose member institutions consist entirely of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Charlie Brady Hauser

Charlie Brady Hauser (October 13, 1917 – November 11, 2007) was an American educator and legislator.

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Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch: Tscheschter Kaundi), colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Chris Paul

Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985), nicknamed "CP3" and "the Point God", is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Cleo Hill

Cleo Hill (April 24, 1938 – August 10, 2015) was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the first round (8th overall) of the 1961 NBA draft.

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dennis L. A. White

Dennis L. A. White is an American actor noted for portraying Damion "D-Roc" Butler in the Notorious B.I.G. biopic entitled ''Notorious''.

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Derwin Montgomery

Derwin Lamar Montgomery (born September 3, 1988) is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the 72nd district (containing parts of Forsyth County) from 2018 until 2021.

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Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit.

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Donald Lee Evans (born March 14, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers & New York Jets.

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Earl Monroe

Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Earl Williams (basketball player)

Earl Lee "the Twirl" Williams (born March 24, 1951) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who in 1990 and 1991 was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

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Earline Parmon

Earline W. Parmon (November 18, 1943 – March 15, 2016) was an American politician.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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First Take (talk show)

First Take is an American sports talk television program on ESPN.

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Fraternities and sororities

In North America, fraternities and sororities (fraternitas and sororitas|lit.

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Golden State Warriors

The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco.

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Harry Lewis (politician)

Harry Lewis Jr. (born February 1941) is an American politician who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 74th District from 2015 until his retirement in 2018.

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Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.

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Historically black colleges and universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.

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Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston.

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Lorraine H. Morton

Lorraine Hairston Morton (December 8, 1918 – September 8, 2018) was an American politician who was the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, from 1993 to 2009.

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Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott; May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader who heads the Nation of Islam (NOI), a black nationalist organization.

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Louise Smith

Louise Smith (July 31, 1916, in Barnesville, Georgia – April 15, 2006) was tied for the second woman to race in NASCAR at the top level.

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MacKenzie Scott

MacKenzie Scott (Tuttle, formerly Bezos; born April 7, 1970) is an American novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

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Maria Howell

Wanda Maria Howell is an American actress and singer.

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Marshall L. Shepard

Marshall Lorenzo Shepard, Sr. (July 10, 1899 – February 21, 1967) was an American Christian clergyman and politician.

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Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Greater Miami area.

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Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States.

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).

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NCAA Division II

NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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New Orleans Pelicans

The New Orleans Pelicans are an American professional basketball team based in New Orleans.

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New York Jets

The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.

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News & Record

The News & Record is an American, English language newspaper with the largest circulation serving Guilford County, North Carolina, and the surrounding region.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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North Carolina House of Representatives

The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly.

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Oronde Gadsden

Oronde Benjamin Gadsden (pronounced o-RON-day) (born August 20, 1971) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.

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Pennsylvania House of Representatives

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.

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Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh.

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Public university

A public university or public college is a university or college that is owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government.

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Rajah Caruth

Rajah Kirby Caruth (born June 11, 2002) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Richard Huntley

Richard Earl Huntley (born September 18, 1972) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League.

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San Diego Chargers

The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL).

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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is an American educational accreditor recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Winston-Salem State University and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools are universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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Stephen A. Smith

Stephen Anthony Smith (born October 14, 1967) is an American sports television personality, sports radio host, and sports journalist.

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Students' union

A students' union or student union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools.

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Ted Blunt

Theodore Blunt (March 22, 1943 – January 11, 2024) was an American politician, educator, and athlete.

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Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The Color Purple (1985 film)

The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.

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The Notorious B.I.G.

Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), better known by his stage names The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was an American rapper.

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Thurgood Marshall College Fund

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is an American non-profit organization that supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending its 47 member-schools that include public historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), medical schools, and law schools.

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Timmy Newsome

Timothy Arthur Newsome (born May 17, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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University of North Carolina

The University of North Carolina is the public university system for the state of North Carolina. Winston-Salem State University and university of North Carolina are public universities and colleges in North Carolina.

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William Quintin Hayes (born May 2, 1985) is a former American football defensive end.

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Winston-Salem State Rams

The Winston-Salem State Rams are the athletic teams that represent Winston-Salem State University, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports.

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.

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Yancey Thigpen

Yancey Dirk Thigpen (born August 15, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers (1991), the Pittsburgh Steelers (1992–1997), and the Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1998–2000).

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1961 NBA draft

The 1961 NBA draft was the 15th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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2008 NFL draft

The 2008 NFL draft was the 73rd annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible American football players.

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See also

1892 establishments in North Carolina

Historically black universities and colleges in North Carolina

Public universities and colleges in North Carolina

University of North Carolina

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_University

Also known as Slater State Normal and Industrial School, Winston Salem State University, Winston-Salem State, Winston-Salem State Teachers College, Winston-Salem Teachers College.

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