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The Minority Publication of East Carolina University
January 1984
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Ebony Magazineo
~The Ebony Herald would
like to dedicate this paper to
the memory of Martin
Luther King and the Civil
Rights Movement that he
began. Dr. King was the
type of man that people
know only once in a life
time. We, the staff of the
Ebony Herald are proud -
that our lives were touched
by his brief presence. Some
people tell us that weTre too
-young to understand the
full measure of ~~the
dreamT�T, but we know in
our hearts that the memory
remains.
To us Martin Luther
King Was not just a man
who took a stand for civil
rights. He was a
humanitarian who in time
of racial unrest calmed the
people and directed them to
a united goal of ~~equality.TT
This equality was not just
for black people, but as he
said, ~~for all GodTs
children.�T
_ He put his life and per-
sonel well being second to
the need for equality. In
many of his -marches.
through the south he was
attacked by vicious crowds;
- he had trash, bricks, rocks,
and sticks thrown at him;
and he even had fire hoses
turned on him and his
followers. He was im-
prisoned' on many occca-
sions for protesting against
segregation, thus he was
called a militant, com-
munist, and a criminal. If
Dr. King was a criminal,
then ITd like to be just such
a criminal.
We ask you today to keep -
the ~~dreamTT alive. Just
because some reforms have
been made doesnTt mean
equality has been reached.
The struggle for civil rights
has not ended as long as
you and I are wanting more
from life than just pro-T
mises. But to gain anything
we must work together. We
know that you can because
you have in the past, so letTs
talk to each other and help
one another, for achieve-
ment is an illusion without
people working to reach a
common goal. "
pv Oberg te?
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A TIME TO LAUGH
AND A TIME TO CRY
_photograph contributed by Jet Magazine
By Ber Na
Delivering a speech com-
memorating the birth of the
late Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., Richard Pryor clearly
illustrated that there is a
time to laugh and a time to
~cry. Comedian Pryor ex-
cluded himself from his |
usual comic performances
to take a serious look at the
work of Dr. King and at the
topic of racism.
PryorTs audience, 1,500
Agriculture Department
employees in Washington,
D.C., was highly impressed
by his touching speech.:
These employees were in-
troduced to a ~~newTT
Richard Pryor, a man who
greatly respects and admires
the work of Dr. King. His
emotional speech was in-
tended to urge blacks to
continue the fight for
human rights.
~Pryor admitted that he
never knew King personal- ~
ly, but he admires KingTs
courage and struggles for
his people. He further ex-
plained that people should
work together to turn
KingTs dreams into reality.
Wiping tears from his eyes,
Pryor stated, ~~if you do
better your condition, donTt
By SHIRLEY WILLIAMS
_ Arts Editor
Katherine Dunham, who
began dancing professional-
ly in 1931, started the first
Black dance company in
America. Mrs. Dunham is
well known as one of the
most
choreographers of Afro-
American dance and as the
first Black inducted into the
Kennedy Center Hall of
Honors. At an early age,
she became interested in
dance so she joined several
dance classes. Later, danc-
ing became an inseparable
part of her life. She began
to envisage black dance as
an art rather than solely a
source of entertainment.
Mrs. Dunham, holding a
Ph.D. in anthropology, ap-
plied her anthropological
knowledge to her studies of
the origin of black dance.
Searching for roots of
Afro-American ~dance, she
traveled to the West Indies »
where she extensively
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SUCCESS
*
Pryor wipes tears during King birth-
day speech.
forget to look over your
shoulder and pull someone
else along with you.TT
In his speech, Richard
Pryor highlighted some of
the achievements of Dr.
King and of those who
worked closely with him.
Pryor explained that this
was his first and his last
~serious speech. He, then,
added, ~~ITm just doing this
for Dr. King today. Today
only.�
researched, participated in,
and examined the dance of
Blacks. This research
deepened her appreciation
and love for Afro-
American dance.
Her dance career began
while she was still a college
student. She formed the
Ballet Negre in 1931 and
-made her debut as a profes-
sional dancer in 1933.
Later, she was appointed
dance director of the Negro
Unit of the Chicago branch
of the Federal Theater Pro- |
ject. Her other = ac-
complishments include her
appointment as dance direc-
tor of New York Labor
Stage in 1939, and the
presentation of her own
dance company and her
first Broadway musical in
1940. She, also, appeared in
and choreographed several
Hollywood film including |
her most popular ~*Carnival-
of Rhythm.�T
Mrs. DunhamTs work is.
not limited to her dance. .
Ron Harvis -
bh The Dyan Lives: Continuing on the campaign trail, Jesse Jackson,
who is making his bid for the Democratic nomination for president,
reflects briefly before a statue of his mentor, the late Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., outside of City Hall in San Bernardino, Calif.
DUNHAMS POSITIVE
ATTITUDE LEADS TO
photograph contributed by Jet Magazine
_ She has devoted her life to
assisting underprivileged
black children. Presently
she serves as director of the
Center for the Development
of Black Studies
Culture and the Performing
Arts Training Center at -
and
Southern Illinois University
in St. Louis. By working
with black youth, she has
taught many children the
_ importance of pride, self-
respect, and determination.
However, she feels the ma-
jor key to success is main-
taining a positive attitude.
Mrs. Dunham commented,
o~Y never knew what it was
like to believe a thing could
not be done.�T
Katherine Dunham
photograph. contributed by Jet Magazine
"Martin Luther King
photograph contributed
by JetT Magazine
January 15, 1929--Michael Luther
King, civil rights leader, was born in |
Atlanta, Ga. He later changed his
name to Martin and went on to
become one of the leading forces in §
the civil rights struggle of this cen-
tury. Dr. King entered Morehouse
College with thee intent of becom-
ing a doctor, but he was so greatly
influenced by the college president,
Dr. Benjamin Mays, that he decided
to study for thee ministry. He was
ordained by. his fatheer in 1947;
. graduated from Morehouse in 1948;
and entered Crozer Theological
Seminary in Chester, Pa., where he |
graduated in 1951. Dr. King chose
- to continue his study with two years |
of philosophy courses at Harvard
and earned the doctor of philosophy |
o degree from Boston University in
1955. With a desire to reevolutionize
the status of the Southern Black,
Dr. King led a group of Atlanta |
ministers to form an organization §
which later became the Southern §
Christian Leadership Conference |
(SCLC). A prophet of peace in a
time of trouble, Dr. King became
the impassioned voice of a people
opressed, upholding thee
philosophy of nonviolence. -until
death by a sniperTs bullet, April 4,
1968.
Page 3 January 1984
MOVEMENT
By DERECK CARMICHAEL
Contributing Writer
The Civil Rights Move-
ment has been a movement
of direct action which over
the years has made great
strides in achieving equal
rights for Black Americans.
One of the earliest
- achievements of the move-
ment was in the case of
Brown vs. Board of Educa-
tion which was passed in
1954. This ruling was an at-
tempt to give Blacks equal
educational opportunities
and declared segregation of
~from
and by 1955 the Supreme
Court ordered school
desegregation be carried out .
with all deliberate speed. It
is said that the civil rights
movement became ac-
tivated following an inci- -
dent involving a seamstress
Montgomery,
Alabama named Rosa
Parks. Rosa Parks was on
her way home after work
and she caught the bus to
get there. During this time,
Blacks were only allowed to
sit in the back of buses but
with no available seats in
the back, she sat in a vacant
of the stops a white man got "
on thet bus and demanded
RosaTs seat. She refused to
move from her seat and was
subsequently arrested. The
Parks incident led to a bus
boycott in Montgomery
which eventually resulted in
the end of segregation in
busing. This was only the
beginning in a long struggle
for equal rights.
directly involved in the
movement recall their way
of life during this time.
Doris, is a woman who was
a teenager during the early
fair it. was,
Even to- |
day those who were in-
REFLECTIONS: THE CIVIL RIGHTS
va
days quite well. ~~I
remember having to eat
outside restaurants and sit-
ting at the back of buses.
Whenever I think how un-
I still get
angry.T DorisTs feelings are
the general reaction of
those who lived through -
those turbulent -times.
The most prominent per-
son involved in the Civil
Rights Movement was Dr. -
Martin Luther King who led
the bus boycott in Mon-
_tgomery in 1955. Through |
the boycott Blacks saw that.
_ civil rights could be won by
nent leaders
were Roy
Wilkens, head of the
NAACP and Witney
Young, Jr., head of the Ur-
ban League. Other laws
were eventually passed in
~Order to end segregation
~and discrimination.
Several laws and bills
were passed to help Blacks
obtain equality. These laws
and bills helped in our fight
_ for equality and as we went
into the 70Ts, improvements
were shown, Today, the
struggle still continues but -
as we reflect back, we see
how our past struggles have
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OPINIONS CHANGE:
JACKSON AID IN REALEASE OF
GOODMAN | ae
By RUBIN INGRAM
Features Editor
Public opinions are often changed
in an instance, either through events
or by the actions of a particuar per-
son. For example, when political ac-
tivist Reverend Jessie Jackson
shocked american citizens with his
nomination for the 1984 Democratic
presidential election, public opinion
was that Jackson is a political ac-
tivist and not a good candidate for
president.
Many opinions
JacksonTs
presidency was absurd and would
end in failure. A side opinion again
is that a black could never make it in
the presidency, but Jackson has
made the first step in proving that
the public opinion can be wrong.
Jackson is on a roll and un-
doubtedly public opinions have
changed about his capacity to serve
as president, his ability to act-in the
highly symbolic administrative posi-
tion of vice president. American
citizens had not yet recovered from
_JacksonTs presidential nomination
held that
when he was off to Damascus, Syria
on what was termed a
~o~humanitarian missionTT to seek the
release of captured United States
Lieutenant Robert Goodman, Navy
-bombardier-navigator, who was
shot down on December 4 while on
a reconnaissance flight over Syrian- -
held territory in Lebanon.
Jackson and other religious
leaders met with Syrian Foreign
Minister Abdel Halim Khaddam
after the apparent postponement of
a session with Syrian President
Hafez Assad for the release of
Goodman. :
There are two possible advantages
that can be derived from the
Jackson-Goodman-Syrian con-
troversy: it shows Jackson?s ability
to act on serious diplomatic issues,
thereby changing previous public
nomination for the
opinions about Jackson, while
showing Syrian willingness for bet-
ter relations with Washington. |
Undoubtedly, JacksonTs 1979
visit to Syria proved instrumental in
_ the release of Goodman. Jackson
had no authority and did not make
any deals for GoodmanTs release, .
but Syrian trust in Jackson proved
sufficient enough. Syrian release of
- Goodman to Jackson may have
been fashioned to embarass the
Reagan Administration as the
Syrians. probably did not want to
turn him over to American represen-
tatives that ordered the recon-
naissance missions which are the
heart of the confrontation. The
Syrians fears may be in the fact that
the freeing of Goodman might be an
encouragement for the U.S. to con-
tinue reconnaissance flights over
Syrian held territory.
JacksonTs intervention was, in
fact, an upstage of the Reagan ad-
ministration necessary to break the
political military deadlock of the "
U.S. and Syria. It is the opinion of
omany that the Reagan administra-
tion was aware that an neutral party
was necessary to break U.S. and
Syrian tension; Jackson was the go-
between that proved most useful for
this purpose.
JacksonTs humanitarian move
showed his pervasive power, and
placed him in the mainstream of the
Democratic presidential race as well
as making him, in public opinion, a
good candidate for vice presidency
also. Jackson represents direct and
vigorous action in support of what
is right. The Syrian incident further
proves tht Jackson can go where
Reagan fail to go or could in view of
foreign policies. JacksonTs trip to
Syria was a statement of true leader-
ship that proved him an able politi-
~cian. In view of past mass
- demonstrations for civil rights
against dicrimination, Jackson if
placed in the white nouse will not go
unheard.
In the area of foreign relations
~Jackson has shown only part of his
ability to act in defense of the U.S.,
- as well as for what is right. The
Syrian mission shows that Jackson
has power to make available areas
that have been out of reach by the
Reagan administration for obvious
reasons.
The second adventige that the
Goodman-Syrian controversy has
made apparent is the possible peace
direct action. Other promi-
in progress.
paid off
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offering. SyriaTs decision to release
Goodman may be a signal that
Damascus wants better relations.
with Washington. The Goodman-
Syrian situation ~has helped to
escalate JacksonTs credability and
justifies emphasis on the confronta-
tion between the U.S. and Syria. "
- JacksonTs ~appeal to Assad will
have a great impact on the american
public, and will make negotiations
~with Syria more evitable in the
future.
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REMEMBERING KING
By RUBEN IN INGRAM
In the history of the world there
have been men who have strived for
what is right through nonviolent
means. Buddha and Mahatma Gan-
- dhi both had a prophetic dream that ©
spanned the globe,and influenced
men Of all walks of life. Rev. Dr.,
Martin Luther King, Jr., had a pro-
phetic dream: ~~a dream deeply
rooted in the american dream; a
dream of a nation that lives the true "
meaning of its creed; a dream inT
which the sons of former slaves and
the son of slave owners would sit
down together at a table of
brotherhood; a dream where the
transformed
freedom and justice; a dream in "
on of injustice and oppression are
into an oasis of
which childern live and are not judg-
ed by the color of their skin but by -
the content of their character; a
dream in which mountains shall be
made low and the rough places will
_be made plain; a dream in which the
glory of the lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together.TT
_ It was the Gandhian philosophy
of King that helped to make the
black-american dream of freedom
and equality a reality. Black-
americans throughout the country .
now have a holiday to com emorate
the birth of a noble man. zone gave
his life for what he felt was right:
the pursuit of Ease for all black-
americans.
Jan.16 should be a aay on which
black-americans should rekindle the
spirit of hope represented in KingTs
~I Have a DreamTT
delivered during the campaign at
Washington on Aug. 28,1963 to a
mass Of people who were willing to
do what was necessary for a truely
american life. |
King was a man of great power.
In 1964 King was the founding
president of the Southern Christain
Leadership Conference.
In 1963 the Philosophy and idea -
speech,
the recipient of the Noble Peace
Prize. Dr. King was the 3rd black
person, the 12th american and the
youngest fee! ever to receive
this prize. |
The birthday of King will be a
major event throughout the nation.
Although efforts to legalize the bir-
thday were difficult, a bill to
observe this holiday passed the U.S.
Senate on Oct.19,1983. ; |
The initiation of KingTs Birthday
is a milestone in black history.
KingTs birthday should inspire all
blacks to become involved in human
equality.
of obedience to the law made King
By OE BLACK
Hound Corporation
A ~Gridip that these are troubled
times, but remember what I said to
you in 1959: ~The ultimate measure
of a man is not where he stands at |
times of comfort and convience but
where he stands at times of.
challenge and controversy. The true ~
neighbor will risk his position, his
prestige and even his life for the
welfare of others. In dangerous
valleys and hazardous pathways he
will lift some bruised and beaten
brother to a higher and more noble
lifeT.�T
So friends, if we teiily believe in
the legacy that Dr. King left us, letTs _
reach out and help one another.
MINORITIES GAINING MORE UNITY
By DAVID THEROITH
Sports Editor
When I came to this campus four .
: years ago I had little idea of what it
was like to really be a part of the
civil rights struggle that began in the
_ 1960Ts with Dr. Martin Luther King |
and is continuing today. We are still
fighting to obtain the goals that our |
first recognized black american hero
preached and died for.
ItTs nice to read about all of the
struggling that took place.
Knowledge and. history are impor-
tant. But first hand experience at
fighting for respect and trust cannot
be substituted for by a book.
Since I have worked for the
Ebony Herald, I have come to see
the trials and otribulations that we
must go through to gain the respect
of the people we are trying to serve.
The Ebony Herald has been put
through a lot for whatever reasons
and through it all I have seen the
minorities and some people of ECU
in general be solidly behind the .
Herald. On the eve of Dr. KingTs
_ birthday ITm glad that minorites are
pulling together.
Remember that we also have a
soul show called Inner Rythms on
WZMB that needs youyr support as
much as the Herald. The broad-
casting field is opening up steadily
~for minorities but itTs only because "
you have expressed an interest.
Dr. KingTs dream stretches to all
aspects of american life so continue
_to support the Herald,
Inner
the N.A.A.C.P. and |
and we can make our
Rythms,
8.0.U.L.S,
~influence felt at East Carolina from
now on.
