Find out about a public school in Winston Salem that's helping students boost academic achievement against all odds as we continue our look at the North Carolina Public School Forum's roadmap of need and overcoming economic challenges.

Roadmap to Youth Success Pt. 1 - Why are these conversations happening on Black Issues Forum? For certain, interest in improving outcomes for North Carolina's young people is not exclusive to African Americans. However, this specific population’s children as a group is overrepresented in many negative outcomes.

Roadmap to Youth Success Pt. 1 - Why are these conversations happening on Black Issues Forum? For certain, interest in improving outcomes for North Carolina's young people is not exclusive to African Americans. However, this specific population’s children as a group is overrepresented in many negative outcomes.

In 1964, Jimmy Raye left Fayetteville to enroll at Michigan State University. Little did he know that while he was there, he would become a trailblazer helping to change the game of college football forever. His story is captured in the book, "Raye of Light" by Tom Shanahan, and includes insight into the integration of college football and the role of the Michigan State Spartans in it.

Alzheimer's Disease affects more than 5.2 million Americans every year, and African Americans are twice as likely as whites to have Alzheimer's. But thanks to the passion, leadership, and tireless work of researcher Dr. Goldie Byrd, North Carolina A&T in Greensboro is the birthplace and home to vital initiatives in Alzheimer's Research in African Americans and Outreach.

Dudley High School, established in 1929, had rich involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, and today is continuing to impact the world, but through a very unique engineering program. Instructor Ricky Lewis and Former Le Mans Race Car Driver Jim Smith discuss the importance of STEM learning and their preparation of Dudley students for in the Shell Eco Marathon that will be held in Detroit.

The supreme voice of Yolanda Rabun, jazz rhythms of John Brown and the Little Big Band, elegance of the Durham Symphony orchestra conducted by Maestro Henry Curry come together for the first time for a unique concert experience at Duke University to celebrate the annual MLK Holiday and 100th birthday of renowned historian Dr. John Hope Franklin. Dr. Ben Reese and John Brown discuss the events.

Recent cases of police killing unarmed blacks Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and the young boy Tamir Rice raised public furor over equal justice. Rocky Mount's Police Chief James Moore and Chris Herring Executive Director of the Institute for Homeland Security and Workforce Development at NCCU share what both law enforcement agencies and the public can do to build trust and safety for everyone.

As the public debates whether or not NFL star Adrian Peterson should face child abuse charges for beating his four-year-old with a switch, the question about how to effectively discipline today's children remains. Experts discuss research around physical disciplinary measures, punishment and reward, abuse, and how to parent with good results.

Each Sunday at Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church in Raleigh, congregants worship to hymns and music instrumentalized in the jazz style. The church quartet A Moment's Notice performs holiday and religious music in their unique style, and lead musician Bobby Moody talks about the group's music career and long standing tradition at Saint Ambrose.