Hairston chosen to lead local NAACP

The votes are in and members of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County NAACP have decided who they want to lead the organization in 2025. On Saturday eligible members had the opportunity to vote on who will serve as president, vice president, and secretary.  After current president Al Jabbar announced earlier this year that he wouldn’t seek reelection, it left the seat up for grabs. And last month Rev. Tembila Covington and Anthony Hairston announced that they would be running for the seat.  In the end it was Hairston who came away with the victory.  When asked why he decided to run, Hairston said at first it wasn’t something he really thought about doing because he witnessed firsthand how much time and effort it takes to lead a branch by watching his father, Stephen Hairston, Sr. But after giving it much thought and prayer, Hairston said he decided it was something he had to do, in order to give the branch a fresh new perspective.  “Many members of the community would tell me that they didn’t know the NAACP was still around or ask what they were doing. So that’s when I decided we must do a better job of spreading our message,”...