By Kandiss Edwards On June 25, Wake Forest University announced that Grammy-winning jazz musician Branford Marsalis will be the 2025 Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence.

Wynton Jackson is a recent graduate from Hampton University and is the new high school sports writer for Knox News.

Marsalis, himself a jazz trumpet icon, Irvine with a jazz ensemble and pianist Cecile Licad to play live as a silent film about Louis Armstrong screens.

Marsalis, himself a jazz trumpet icon, Irvine with a jazz ensemble and pianist Cecile Licad to play live as a silent film about Louis Armstrong screens.