The laborer and the storyteller: Two craftsmen meet in Winston-Salem

>>> A MUCH LOVED TELEVISION

REPORTER NAMED CHARLES WOULD

HAVE TURNED 86 YEARS OLD THIS

WEEK.

>> WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL

TRAVELER IN WINSTON-SALEM, THE

LABOR DAY STORY WHICH IS TWO

STORIES, ONE OF THE LABOR AND

THE STORYTELLER.

>> Reporter: WE OFTEN FEEL LIKE

WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PATH OF

THAT LEGENDARY NEWS MAN

CHARLES, WHO SPENT MUCH OF HIS

CAREER ON THE ROAD, SOMETIMES

THE PATH IS PAVED WITH BRICK.

>> WITH THE SURE HANDS AND

CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF A MASTER

CRAFTSMAN.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE TWO

CRAFTSMEN IN THAT DAY, THE

STORYTELLER AND THE BRICK MAKER

ON THE RIGHT.

HE MADE BRICKS WITH HIS HEART

AND SOUL.

>> HE MADE HIS WHOLE LIFE OUT

OF WATER AND OURS.

AND FIRE.

>> AN HONEST MAN, A MAN WITH

INTEGRITY VERY.

STRONG.

>> Reporter: GEORGE BLACK'S

LAST BRICKS ARE STILL HERE.

>> THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH AND

CHARACTER OF MY GRANDFATHER.

>> Reporter: EVELYN AND HER

GRANDFATHER LIVED IN THIS

HOUSE, THE GEORGE BLACK HOUSE.

HE MADE HIS FIRST BREAK IN 1889

WITH A MULE HITCHED TO A MUD

MILL.

>> THAT REDMOND WOULD GET ALL

TOTALLY DRY AND THEN YOU PUT

THE HEAT ON.

>> Reporter: GEORGE BLACK'S

BRICKS MARVELOUS BUILDINGS.

AND THEY BUILT AN ECONOMIC

ENGINE.

>> HE HAD EVERYBODY WHO IS ABLE

AND HAD A STRONG BACK.

>> EVERYWHERE GEORGE BLACK

WALKED HE COULD SEE THE WORK OF

HIS HANDS.

>> Reporter: CHARLES PULLED UP

TO GEORGE BLACK'S HOUSE.

>> HE SAID, I DON'T CARE WHO HE

IS, I MAKE BRICK IN THE

SPRINGTIME.

[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Reporter: CHARLES CAME BACK

IN THE SPRINGTIME.

>> WE MET GEORGE BLACK, HE WAS

93.

>> Reporter: AFTER THE STORY

AIRED IN 1972, PRESIDENT NIXON

INVITED GEORGE BLACK TO THE

WHITE HOUSE, AND THE WHITE

HOUSE INVITED GEORGE BLACK TO

SOUTH AMERICA, TO MAKE BRICKS

FOR THE POOR.

>> THE PRESIDENT WANTS US TO GO

AND TAKE THIS MUD, SHOW FOLKS

HOW TO USE THIS MUD TO MAKE

SOME BRICKS TO BUILD A COUNTRY?

IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

OF EVELYN'S WHICH IS TO RESTORE

HER GRAND DAD'S HOUSE AND THE

BRICKYARD IN BACK SO PEOPLE

WON'T FORGET GEORGE BLACK.

>> A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.

>>>

>> Reporter: AND THE LIFE HE

BUILT.

BRICK BY BRICK.

>> INCREDIBLE STORY, LOVE THE

LITTLE NUGGETS YOU ALWAYS FIND,

GEORGE BLACK DIED IN 1980,

CHARLES DIED IN 1997 AND IS

BURIED IN CHAPEL HILL.

THE GEORGE BLACK HOUSE IS

LOCATED ON DELAWARE ROAD AND A

STATUE STANDS OUTSIDE OF FORSYTH