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71-466: In 1993, the Woolworth's downtown Greensboro store — which had been open since 1939 — closed, and the company announced plans to tear down the building. Greensboro radio station 102 JAMZ (WJMH), began a petition drive to save the location. Morning radio personality Dr. Michael Lynn broadcast in front of the closed store day and night to save the historic building. Eighteen thousand signatures were gathered on

142-586: A normal school for teacher training. It opened with seventy African-American men and women ( freedmen , or former slaves). The school's founder, Albion W. Tourgee , was a Civil War veteran and jurist from Ohio who worked in North Carolina during Reconstruction and championed the cause of racial justice. The school held its inaugural classes in the basement of Warnersville Methodist Episcopal Church North (now St. Matthew's United Methodist) in Greensboro. Bennett

213-425: A $ 21 million expansion and renovation project for the college. She increased enrollment, added four new buildings, including a multimedia center, and renovated additional buildings. Malveaux enhanced the overall academic curriculum, which focuses on women's leadership, entrepreneurship, communications, and global studies. On July 1, 2012, Esther Terry '61 became the first alumna to lead the college. Already serving as

284-436: A $ 50 million campaign. Numerous prominent figures spoke at the campus and some helped raise funds for its operations. Former President Bill Clinton , former US Senator Robert Dole , trustee emerita Maya Angelou , and Oprah Winfrey have all assisted in fundraising. The campaign closed successfully at the end of Cole's tenure on June 30, 2007. On July 1, 2007, Julianne Malveaux became President of Bennett College. She led

355-405: A dozen "Bennett Belles" were arrested due to their continuing protest at Woolworth's. On April 21, 1960, Bennett and A&T students were arrested for trespassing at the white S.H. Kress & Co. lunch counter. On April 22, 1960, The Daily News of New York broke the story of the arrests nationally, with front-page headlines and a picture of well-dressed female students entering the back of

426-538: A fee. Tours begin in the lower level where visitors are introduced to the segregated society of the 1960s through video presentations and continues with a graphic "Hall of Shame" display of the violence against civil rights protesters of all colors throughout the United States. Visitors are introduced to the four students through a reenactment of the planning session set against the original furniture from their dorm room at A&T College in 1960. Visitors are led into

497-566: A four-year, fully accredited liberal arts college or university. During Player's tenure, Bennett in 1957 was one of the first historically black colleges to receive accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). On February 11, 1958, Player allowed civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at the school; he was prohibited by the city from speaking publicly anywhere else in Greensboro. His speech

568-838: A member of the American Association of Colleges, The Commission on black Colleges of the University Senate, the American Association of Registrars and Admission Officers, the American Council of Education, the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, the College Fund/UNCF, the Council on Independent Colleges, the Women's College Coalition, the North Carolina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities,

639-401: A more Hip Hop and R&B mix as Hot 97's Program Director in 1993 and 1994). From its inception, 102 JAMZ featured a strong percentage of Rap and, by 1992, was perhaps the first radio station to be targeted exclusively toward 18- to 24-year-old African-Americans . " Urban ", or Black-targeted stations of the time, typically attempted to reach a broader demographic, concentrating focus on

710-681: A new tall tower , near the Guilford / Rockingham county line and moved the facility to new studios in Greensboro, NC . Upon completion of construction, with a new, much stronger signal in place, the former Reidsville-only station first actively attempted to reach the Greensboro - Winston-Salem - High Point metropolitan area . The new "BIG 102" took the WBIG call letters , recently abandoned by Greensboro 's oldest radio station, (an AM facility that "went dark" [voluntarily turning in its broadcasting license to

781-517: A paddy wagon without any help from the police officers surrounding it. It reported that Greensboro police were surprised that the "Bennett Belles" had protested, as they were considered refined young women from an "elitist finishing school." At the peak of the sit-in movement , more than 40% of Bennett's student body was jailed. President Player personally visited the students in jail, carrying assignments to them so they would not fall behind in their studies. Willa B. Player led Bennett until 1966. She

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852-499: A petition. Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. visited the location, endorsed the effort, and joined the live broadcast. After three days, the F. W. Woolworth company announced an agreement to maintain the location while financing could be arranged to buy the store. (The Woolworth chain went out of business in 1997, a few years later; the company owning the chain became Venator and is now named Foot Locker .) County Commissioner Melvin "Skip" Alston and City Councilman Earl Jones proposed buying

923-441: A time under a Construction Permit, the station's license was granted September 6, 1948. At that time, FM was still new and somewhat experimental. Almost all radio listening was shared among AM radio stations. Mr. Oliver's primary purpose for constructing the station was a desire to provide high school football coverage to Reidsville listeners, as WREV (AM) was not allowed to remain on the air after sunset. For almost twenty years,

994-825: Is now a Guilford County school board member, and pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in High Point . Between 1997 and 2014, 102 JAMZ' annual summer concert happened each year in late June, featuring primarily hip hop artists. The station's debut summer show, SuperJam I, took place Friday night, June 20, 1997, at Greensboro Coliseum with an audience of 20,000 and featured Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , Junior M.A.F.I.A. , Lil' Kim , OutKast , Lost Boyz , SWV , Freak Nasty and others. Successive annual SuperJams have included artists such as Jay-Z , Ludacris , Diddy , Young Jeezy , T-Pain , Rick Ross , Busta Rhymes , T.I. , Ja Rule , Three 6 Mafia , J. Cole , LL Cool J , Fat Joe , Petey Pablo , Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh , Lil Jon &

1065-486: The Civil rights movement . In February 1960 students from Bennett College and North Carolina A&T began a civil rights protest in downtown Greensboro that sparked the Greensboro sit-ins . Bettye Davis, class of 1963, committed to sitting at the white-only lunch counter of F. and W. Woolworth 's variety store with students from A&T, and to keep returning until the store integrated the facility. On February 4, 1960, close to

1136-602: The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), the college's regional accreditor . Today, the college is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). In 1957, Bennett was one of the first and the only private black college to be admitted into full membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . It has also been

1207-575: The 102 JAMZ Mix Squad. The radio station now known as 102 JAMZ was originally located in Reidsville, North Carolina, a simulcast of sister station WREV (1220 AM ). In 1947, William Manton Oliver Sr., at that time owner of the local newspaper ( The Reidsville Review ), applied to the FCC for a permit to construct an FM radio station under the AM's corporate name, Reidsville Broadcasting Company, Inc. After operating for

1278-590: The 12+ ratings, especially with Men and Women aged 18 to 34 and with teenaged listeners (Douglas joined 102 JAMZ in September, 1990 and remains Program Director at the present time). 102 JAMZ and Power 97 continued to compete head-on until September, 1996. At that time, new owner Max Media moved WQMG in a much more adult direction, as Black-targeted Urban Adult Contemporary 97.1 QMG and 102 JAMZ began working with Steve Smith Radio and Ratings Consultants (Smith had guided Hot 97 WQHT New York's transition from dance to

1349-623: The 1910s at roughly 300. In 1916, a survey conducted by the Phelps-Stokes Foundation recommended Bennett College be converted to a college exclusively for women. The Women's Home Missionary Society , which had supported women at the college since 1886, had found that there was no four-year college exclusively for African-American women, and they wanted to establish such a college. The North Carolina Board of Education offered Bennett College for that purpose. After ten years, during which it studied other locations and conducted fundraising,

1420-466: The 2013 Trailblazer Award. Gladys Shipman, proprietor of Shipman Family Care, received the 2013 Unsung Hero Award. For their courageous actions in the wake of the Feb. 1, 1960 sit-in protest, ICRCM gave Sit-In Participant Awards to Roslyn Cheagle of Lynchburg, Virginia ; Raphael Glover of Charlotte, North Carolina ; and Mary Lou Blakeney and Andrew Dennis McBride of High Point, North Carolina . In October 2016,

1491-587: The 50th-anniversary opening. The ICRCM opened on February 1, 2010, on the 50th anniversary of the original sit-in, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A religious invocation was spoken by Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. The three surviving members of the Greensboro Four (McCain, McNeil, and Khazan) were guests of honor. Assistant Attorney Thomas Perez represented the White House. Speakers included Perez, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan and N.C. Governor Beverly Perdue . Since 2007

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1562-779: The Division of Natural and Behavioral Sciences and Mathematics, the Division of Social Sciences and Education, and the Division of Humanities. These disciplines include degrees in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts and Science in interdisciplinary studies, bachelor of Social Work, and the Bachelor of Fine Arts. Bennett also offers five dual degree programs including Chemistry/Chemical Engineering with NC A&T , Chemistry/Pharmacy with Howard University , Mathematics/Mechanical Engineering with NC A&T, Mathematics/Electrical Engineering with NC A&T, and Mathematics/Industrial Engineering with NC A&T. The Middle College at Bennett

1633-647: The Domain 102Jamz.com without this purchase the FL 102Jamz would have got it 1st Other well-known personalities included Terrence J , former co-anchor of E! News and former host of BET's 106 & Park, broadcast " voice-over " talents George "Apollo" Fetherbay, owner of radio commercial production house Apollo Productions and The Jammer, owner of Larry Davis Voiceover , as well as Traci LaTrelle, air talent at WHUR-FM , Washington, D.C. ; former New York air personality Sammy Mack, and Big Lip Bandit, morning host at Power 96, Miami. All

1704-470: The East Side Boyz , Nas , Wale , Cam'Ron , Trina , Big Pun , Lloyd , Redman , Omarion , Ying Yang Twins , 112 , Trick Daddy , Da Brat , Dem Franchize Boyz , Dru Hill , N.O.R.E. , Bow Wow , Ashanti , Elephant Man , Jermaine Dupri , DJ Kool , Chingy and Jagged Edge . SuperJam and the 102 JAMZ Birthday Bash, held each Jam-Uary, were hosted by the 102 JAMZ airstaff, with music provided by

1775-577: The FCC and leaving the air permanently]), hired some of WBIG (AM)'s personalities and debuted as a country music station, late in March, 1987. BIG 102's debut was preceded by a computerized countdown created by Dan Robins, who in 1994 was corporate product manager of Smart Computers and Software in Fayetteville, North Carolina . WBIG's initial Arbitron ratings were fairly strong, but settled back over time. Through

1846-628: The Greensboro Rail Depot where the roles of the church, schools, politics, and courts in the civil rights movement are explored. Artifacts include a pen used to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , the uniform of a Tuskegee Airman native to Greensboro, and a complete Ku Klux Klan robe and hood. The museum set a goal of raising $ 5 million by March 31, 2022 toward the $ 10.25 million purchase price of an adjacent five-story building and 2.2 acres at 100 South Elm Street. The purchase would help

1917-691: The NCB Piedmont Automated Library System (NCBPALS), the Greater Greensboro Consortium, and the New York University Faculty Resource Network. The college lost its accreditation from SACS on February 18, 2019. It was on probation for two years in the early 2000s because the college was struggling with significant financial challenges. In 2016, SACS placed the college on probation again for the same reason. In December 2018, SACS voted to withdraw

1988-629: The South, resulted in President Jones being investigated by the FBI and other government agencies. They were concerned about communist and leftist activities, as these groups were politically active in the United States. They ordered him to prohibit the students from protesting. Jones refused. At his invitation, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt came to the college on March 22, 1945, to meet with an integrated group of schoolchildren from Greensboro. Other visitors to

2059-692: The State of North Carolina , a contribution from the Bryan Foundation, more than $ 200,000 each from the City of Greensboro and Guilford County , and $ 148,152 from the U.S. Department of Interior through the National Park Service Agency's Save America's Treasures program in 2005. In fall 2007, Sit-in Movement, Inc. requested an additional $ 1.5 million (~$ 2.12 million in 2023) from the City of Greensboro;

2130-506: The Women's Home Missionary Society and the NC Board of Education decided to develop the college in its current location. Bennett fully transitioned to a women's college in 1926. ( Note: The Women's Home Missionary Society's on-campus involvement with Bennett women dates back to 1886.) Around this time, Bennett alumnae were nicknamed the "Bennett Belles" and the school gained a reputation as an institution of quality. In 1926, David Dallas Jones

2201-553: The Women's Leadership Institute and the Center for African Women and Women of the African Diaspora. Bennett admitted new African immigrants as well as students who were African nationals. In 1989, poet and activist Maya Angelou was installed as a member of the board of trustees. Scott was President of Bennett for 14 years before retiring in 2001. Bennett underwent numerous changes under Sister President Emerita Johnnetta B. Cole , who

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2272-594: The biomedical research and interdisciplinary studies programs, along with a bridge program in conjunction with Meharry Medical College of Nashville, Tennessee . He collaborated with other HBCU presidents to establish the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, serving on the first board of directors. Miller's plans were supported by alumnae, who donated material and fiscal resources. Miller increased Bennett's endowment and also completed

2343-417: The campaign raised $ 8.2 million. That same month, SACS withdrew accreditation from the college despite fundraising efforts; however, Bennett College filed a lawsuit against the accreditor and the court ordered the accreditation to remain in place pending the legal challenge. On June 27, 2019, Bennett announced that Suzanne Walsh would be its new president. Bennett College was founded on August 1, 1873, as

2414-505: The campus included Benjamin Elijah Mays , former Morehouse College president; poet Robert Frost , and writer James Weldon Johnson . Jones led the college for almost 30 years until he became ill in 1955, when he named Willa B. Player interim president. Player was the first female president of Bennett College, and the first black female president of any accredited four-year college in the United States. During Player's tenure, Bennett became

2485-446: The college's accreditation. The college launched a fundraising campaign and appealed the SACS decision. In February 2019 it lost accreditation although it had succeeded in building its financial resources. A court ordered the accreditation to remain upright while the college filed a lawsuit against the accreditor. Bennett College offers 24 majors and nineteen minors under three divisions:

2556-490: The college's provost, Terry was made interim president for a full academic year. In 2013, the Board of Trustees announced Terry would be the sixteenth president of Bennett College. Former provost Phyllis Worthy Dawkins assumed the presidency on August 15, 2016. Dawkins focused on faculty/staff recruitment and reinvigorating living-learning communities; she launched a leadership institute. She was replaced in 2019 by Suzanne Walsh, who

2627-481: The company which became Beasley Broadcasting took ownership, followed by Max Media in 1996, Sinclair Broadcasting in 1998 and, from late 1999 to the present, Entercom Communications Corp. (renamed Audacy, Inc. in 2021). ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . Bennett College Bennett College is a private historically black liberal arts college for women in Greensboro, North Carolina . It

2698-471: The construction of four new buildings on campus. He served as president for 21 years, the second-longest presidential tenure in Bennett College history, and during a period of considerable social change. He retired in 1987. Gloria Randle Scott became Bennett's 12th president and its second woman in that position. Gloria Randle Scott started as President of Bennett College on July 1, 1987. She established

2769-464: The continuing conflict involving police brutality against minorities, protests, and systematic racism that has spilled over into the Greensboro - High Point - Winston-Salem Metropolitan area that began with the George Floyd protests . The station which is now WJMH has been operated by five different owners through the years. Reidsville Broadcasting Company, Inc., founded the station in 1947. In 1977,

2840-414: The debt. After making a profit in 2016, the museum announced in 2018 its debt was retired. As the 50th anniversary of the sit-ins grew closer, efforts increased to complete the project. Over $ 9 million in donations and grants were raised. In addition, the museum qualified for historic preservation tax credits, which were sold for $ 14 million. Work on the project proceeded and was completed in time for

2911-567: The expansion of civil and human rights. This is the museum's highest citation. The author Maya Angelou was the winner in 1998. The 2013 Alston-Jones award was presented to Dr. Johnnnetta Betsch Cole , director of the Smithsonian Institution 's National Museum of African Art. Dr. Cole is a distinguished educator, cultural anthropologist and humanitarian. She is a former president of Bennett College and of Spelman College . The Museum gave Dr. Joe Dudley Sr., co-founder of Dudley Products,

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2982-501: The first African-American bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church were graduates of the college, including Robert Elijah Jones , an 1895 graduate. His brother was the future Bennett College president David Dallas Jones . Under the direction of Reverend Grandison and succeeding President Jordan Chavis, Bennett College grew from 11 undergraduate students to a total of 251 undergraduates by 1905. The enrollment leveled out in

3053-491: The first black college to be fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . Note: (Bennett's brother college is Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia . This relationship developed through the historic friendship of David Dallas Jones and Benjamin E. Mays .) In October 1956, Willa Beatrice Player was inaugurated as President of Bennett College. She was the first African-American woman to be president of

3124-410: The four ratings "books" in 1988, the station's 12+ "shares" (a measure of the percentage of listeners aged 12 and older), were 4.9, 5.0, 4.4 and 3.8. Through that same year, competitor WTQR achieved shares of 18.6, 17.5, 18.1 and 16.8. . On December 29, 1988, the station abandoned the country battle, flipping the format to " Churban " and changing the station's call letters and name. WJMH "102 JAMZ"

3195-464: The issue of slavery, and established two regional conferences). Bennett remained affiliated for 50 years with the Freedman's Aid Society. In 1878, freedmen purchased land for a future college campus (which was developed as the current site). Hearing about the college, New York businessman Lyman Bennett (1801–1879) provided $ 10,000 in funding to build a permanent campus. Bennett died soon after. The college

3266-707: The issues of the day. Beginning in 1960, Bennett students took part in the ultimately successful campaign in Greensboro to integrate white lunch counters at local variety stores. The college expanded its academic offerings and classes related to women's leadership. In December 2018, the college's regional accrediting body , the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges , announced that it intended to revoke Bennett College's accreditation. The college had been on probation for two years due to its considerable financial challenges. The college launched an emergency funding campaign, Change and Progress for Bennett , to raise at least $ 5 million. By February 2019,

3337-436: The lucrative 25- to 54-year-old market. Rap music was typically relegated to weekend mix shows , limited to airplay during the evenings only or, in many cases, not played at all. The station achieved success with younger listeners across the spectrum (White, Hispanic, etc.), building on music for college-aged listeners, foreground " personalities ", regular hip hop-oriented Mix Shows, interactive cash contests and activity "on

3408-419: The main floor of the museum where the massive lunch counter, in the original 1960 L-shaped configuration, occupies nearly the whole width and half the length of the building. Original signage from 1960 and dumbwaiters that delivered food from the upstairs kitchen are included, as is a reenactment of the sit-in on life-sized video screens. Visitors are then led through a reproduction of the "Colored Entrance" at

3479-459: The museum denied a request by US presidential candidate Donald Trump 's campaign to close the museum for five hours for a proposed visit by Trump. Architect Charles Hartmann designed the building in an art deco style. Completed in 1929, the building in the 100 South block of Elm Street was then known as the Whelan Building because Whelan Drug Co. rented most of the space. Woolworth moved into

3550-422: The museum organization has held an annual Black and White Ball. The 2010 theme was "Commemorating Five Decades of Civil Rights Activism." The 2011 theme was "Make a Change, Make a Difference." The 2013 theme was "Celebrating Our Victories as We Honor Our Past." The museum organization awards an Alston-Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award. The award is given to someone whose life's work has contributed to

3621-443: The museum raised $ 612,510 and owed $ 933,155, with the first $ 145,000 payment due June 30, and the remainder by February 2018. The museum claimed it owed $ 281,805. On August 1, the city council voted not to forgive $ 800,000 of the debt; using the museum building as collateral was an option. Two weeks later, the city council gave the museum until February 2018 to raise more money, with an amount equal to money raised to be subtracted from

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3692-421: The museum's chances of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The city council agreed to provide $ 1 million on March 23, along with $ 250,000 a year for four years, subject to a report on the building and raising additional funds. The grant would have to be paid back if the museum sold the building. On March 29 county commissioners approved $ 1 million, plus $ 200,000 a year for five years. Sit-In Movement Inc. made

3763-600: The previous happily admit that their time under the tutelage of Brian Douglas at 102 JAMZ was one of the big contributors to their success. The late Tre Black, known as Tre Bien while with 102 JAMZ, went on to great success in New York City , Los Angeles and Detroit before his untimely death in March, 2010. Other alumni, not active in radio at this time, include Dr. Michael Lynn; Delyte; Hannah's Baby Boy Stu; Mario Devoe; Mic Foxx; and former morning show co-hosts Tanya Simmons Reid (last name formerly "James") and Amos Quick. Quick

3834-595: The purchase on March 31. 102 JAMZ WJMH (102.1 FM "102 JAMZ" ) is an urban contemporary radio station serving the Piedmont Triad region. It broadcasts with 99,000 watts of power and is licensed to Reidsville, North Carolina . Owned by Audacy, Inc. , the station's studios are located near the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro , with a transmitter site near Stokesdale, North Carolina . Personalities over

3905-413: The request was rejected. Greensboro residents twice voted down bond referendums to provide money for the project. In 2013, the city agreed to a $ 1.5 million loan, with the condition that an amount equal to money raised "outside the normal course of business" by the museum from September 2013 to July 2015 would be forgiven. A June 24, 2016 memo from City Manager Jim Westmoreland and Mayor Nancy Vaughn said

3976-468: The same programming was carried on both WREV and WREV-FM. The WREV simulcast ended in 1966, when Oliver's son, William Manton Oliver Jr. began to handle day-to-day operations. WREV-FM became a Christian radio station and assumed the new call letters, WWMO. On September 10, 1977, by chance the day of William Manton Oliver Sr.'s funeral, WREV-FM was sold to new owner George Beasley , a former high school principal. Late in 1986, Beasley began construction of

4047-527: The site and turning it into a museum. The two founded Sit-in Movement, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to realizing this dream. The group succeeded in purchasing and renovating the property. In 2001, Sit-in Movement Inc. and NC A&T announced a partnership to facilitate the museum's becoming a reality. The museum project suffered financial difficulties for several years despite millions of dollars in donations. These included more than $ 1 million from

4118-538: The site in 1939. The building is part of the Downtown Greensboro Historic District . The International Civil Rights Center and Museum was designed by Freelon Group of Durham, North Carolina, and exhibits were designed by Eisterhold Associates of Kansas City, Missouri. It has 30,000 square feet (2,800 m) of exhibit space occupying the ground floor and basement, and office space on the top floor. Docent-led and self-guided tours are available for

4189-617: The streets". Breaking lifestyle news and events in hip hop music played a key role on the station from the early days, as well. 102 JAMZ reports weekly playlist information to Mediabase as a Rhythmic CHR and to BDS as an R&B/Hip-Hop reporter. For ratings purposes, Nielsen Audio has WJMH listed as a Rhythmic in its monthly PPM books. The station's playlist is mostly focused on the Hip-Hop/Rap genre, leaving some current R&B to Urban AC sister WQMG. On June 4, 2020, WJMH's 3 Live Crew teamed up with WKZL 's Jared and Katie to discuss

4260-520: The student union while demanding change to college policies. Miller surrounded the buildings with campus security, and brought in family and sleeping bags, changing the protest to a campus-wide "sleepover". Students were required to wear dresses or skirts, and hats and gloves until the early 1970s. Miller collaborated with other colleges and universities in Greensboro to form a consortium that expanded Bennett's academic program by giving students access to other local universities. His administration developed

4331-1145: The years have included Shilynne Cole, now Program Director and mid-day host for 97.1 QMG ( WQMG ); Busta Brown, who spent several years with area television station WXII-TV and now hosts afternoon on 97.1 QMG; Madd Hatta , morning host at Houston 's 97.9 The Boxx ( KBXX ); Kyle Santillian, host of "The Chicago Morning Takeover!" on WGCI-FM /107.5; Skip Dillard, Operations Manager/Program Director of New York's WBLS /107.5; Afrika Perry, afternoon talent at Miami 's Power 96 ( WPOW ); Boogie D, former Operations Manager of St. Louis' Hot 104.1 ( WHHL ), and Old School 95.5 ( WFUN-FM ), St. Louis ; Mary K, Program Director of Charlotte's 92.7 The Block, Old School 105.3 and Praise 100.9; Kendall B, morning co-host at Denver 's KS 107.5 ( KQKS ); The Bushman, middays at Detroit 's FM 98 ( WJLB ); Big Tap Money, Program Director of Fayetteville's Foxy 99 ( WZFX ); Baby J , Program Director at ( WCHZ-FM ) Hot 95.5/93.1, Augusta, Georgia; Waleed Coyote, Executive at EMPIRE, founder and CEO of Othaz Records and President of Slip N Slide DJs; Geronimo and Cool Breeze (Reggae Jamz). Larry Diesbach aKa "Red Neck Stuby" bought

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4402-463: Was also marked with controversy. In 1937, Bennett students protested downtown Greensboro movie theaters because of their segregation, which was state law at the time, and the depictions of black women in films they were showing. Frances Jones, daughter of the college president, led the protest; she was in her first year. This protest during the Great Depression and under Jim Crow conditions in

4473-560: Was coeducational and offered both high school and college-level courses, to help many blacks compensate for their previous lack of educational opportunity. The year after its founding, the school became sponsored by the Freedman's Aid Society and Southern Education Society of the northern Methodist Episcopal Church (like the Baptists, the Methodist churches had split in the years before the war over

4544-453: Was consulted by Jerry Clifton, who specialized in multi-ethnic programming (in Miami, Detroit, Orlando, Dallas, Philadelphia and other markets). Under original Program Director Chris Bailey, 102 JAMZ showed a 12+ Arbitron share of 7.7 in their first ratings book, as compared to rival Power 97 's 4.1. Under Bailey, and 102 JAMZ' second PD Brian Douglas, 102 JAMZ continued to outrank Power 97 in

4615-460: Was entitled "A Realistic Look At Race Relations," and was delivered to a standing-room-only audience at Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel on campus. Player said about this visit, "Bennett College is a liberal arts college where 'freedom rings,' so King can speak here." King, Howard Thurman and Benjamin Elijah Mays inspired Bennett students to begin protests, and they became known as "Bennett Belles". Civil rights activism at Bennett increased throughout

4686-491: Was founded in 1873 as a normal school to educate freedmen and train both men and women as teachers. Originally coed, in 1926 it became a four-year women's college. It is one of two historically black colleges that enroll only women, the other being Spelman College . In 1956, Willa Beatrice Player was installed at Bennett College, becoming the first African-American woman president of an accredited, four-year liberal arts college. She encouraged her students to be activists in

4757-449: Was inaugurated in July 2002. In her first year at Bennett, Cole erased the school's $ 3.8 million deficit and raised an estimated $ 15 million in funding. Before Cole's tenure, Bennett College had been under SACS probation for two years, which was finally lifted in 2002. The school was revitalized and much-needed renovations were made to campus buildings; new buildings were built. In total, she led

4828-525: Was installed as president of the new women's college and served. Under his leadership, the college expanded, reaching an enrollment of 400. It became known in the black community as the Vassar College of the South, and Jones recruited faculty, staff, and students, from all cultural and ethnic backgrounds. The school was expanded to a 42-acre campus with 33 buildings, and its endowment increased to $ 1.5 million. Although he had major achievements, Jones's tenure

4899-462: Was named Bennett Seminary. Hearing of Bennett's philanthropy, his coworkers commissioned a bell to be made in his honor and continued his mission by donating the bell to the school. In 1888, Bennett Seminary elected its first African-American president, the Reverend Charles N. Grandison . Grandison spearheaded a successful drive to have the school chartered as a four-year college in 1889. Two of

4970-531: Was previously deputy director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 's Postsecondary Success division. Since 1930, Bennett has graduated more than 7,000 students. In 1930, on the graduation of its first four women with a four-year bachelor's degree, the "A" rating was granted to the college by the North Carolina State Department of Education. This same rating was granted to the college in 1936 by

5041-401: Was succeeded by Isaac H. Miller. His father had been an administrator at Bennett during President Frank Trigg's tenure. Miller maintained the "Bennett Ideal," despite the social changes of the late 1960s. Students protested the strict dress codes, disciplinary policies, and curfew . During the 1967–1968 school year, freshwomen walked out of dormitories one minute before curfew. Students took over

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