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Dorthty Dandridge
She was a beautiful actress
and singer whose star shone
too briefly. Dorothy
Dandridge, a fragile boned
beauty with skin often
described as ocafe au lait ?,
was sadly a victim of her own
circumstances.
She rose to the top of her
profession with her first
starring role and became the
first black woman to receive
an Academy Award
nomination for Best Actress.
But, just as fast as her
success was achieved, so did
it begin to fade.
She knew it was hard, close
to impossible, for a black
actress to maintain a long
running career in Hollywood
because the roles were
simply not there. She once
said, oIf I were white, I could
capture the world ?.
Dorothy had the drive and
the talent to make it but the
_ color of her skin held her
back and her life soon began
a downward spiral which in
= the end turned tragic.
=Borothy Jean Dandridge was
orn in Cleveland Ohio Ts City
oHospital on November 9,
+1922. Her mother was an.
raspiring actress named Ruby
*Bandridge. Ruby had walked
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out on Dorothy Ts father,
Cyrus, five months previous
to Dorothy Ts birth taking her
first child, Vivian, with her.
Cyrus still lived with his
mother and Ruby had come to
the conclusion that he would
never amount to anything and
she resented the fact that they
did not have their own home.
Ruby was pleased to see that
both of her daughters
displayed a great talent for
memorizing poetry and
singing. A friend of Ruby
named Geneva Williams soon
moved in with them and
Geneva became instrumental
in teaching the girls singing,
dancing and piano. The girls
Were too young to realize it at
the time, but Geneva was also
their mother Ts lover. _
As the talents of Dorothy and
Vivian improved, Ruby and
Geneva began to plan a future
for themselves that they
hoped would bring them fame
and security. The girls would
now be called The Wonder
Children and they would be
their ticket. They moved to
Nashville and The Wonder
Children were signed with the
National Baptist Convention
to tour churches throughout
the southern States.
With the help of black agent
Ben Carter, the girls found
work at various theaters in
southern California. Their
reputation grew and The
Dandridge Sisters, as they
were known known, landed
their first big break when they
received an uncredited cameo
in the film The Big Broadcast
of 1936. Subsequent small
film roles followed until the
summer of 1938 when their
manager informed them that
he had booked them in the
prestigious Cotton Club in
New York City. Dorothy had
aspirations to succeed on her
own and in the fall of 1940,
her prospects looked
promising. She landed a small
but significant role in a low
budget film called Four Shall
Die. She then went on to
small parts in Lady From
Louisiana and Sundown. She
was teamed with the Nicholas
Brothers for a lively rendition
of oChattanooga Choo Choo ?
in the film Sun Valley
Serenade. Dorothy wanted
desperately to be a film
actress but she adamantly
refused to portray
stereotypical black roles such
as maids.On September 6,
1942, she married Harold
Nicholas at the home of
Harold Ts mother.
She was offered the role of
Melmendi in Tarzan T Peril in
1951. Dorothy first balked at
playing a jungle queen but
after reading the script she
didn Tt think it was that bad.
Next up, she played an
athlete Ts girlfriend in the low
budget but successful The
Harlem Globetrotters.
MGM planned to make an all
black drama called Bright
Road.Her co-star was another
up and coming actor named
Harry Belafonte.
Leading roles for black actors
in Hollywood were very
scarce so when Dorothy heard
_ that an all black production of
Carmen Jones was being
planned, she knew this was
the role she had dreamed of.
Carmen Jones was an
Americanized version of the
Bizet opera with new lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein. The
lead character, Carmen, is a
sultry vixen whose
independent inclinations to
love her men and then leave
them lead to her violent
demise.Dorothy next attended
the Cannes Film Festival with
Preminger and then returned
to the U.S. for more nightclub "
work as she awaited her next
film offer. She did not have to
wait long. She was wanted
for the role of Tuptim in The
King and I. Another highlight
for her was Porgy and Bestin
which her co-stars were Harry
Belafonte and Sammy davis
Jr. In 1965 she signed a new
film contract, but her
rebounding luck was short-
lived " she was found dead
from an overdose of anti-
detwessents:
The Pimp and the
Preacher
by Gerald Gibbs
After spending more than
twenty years behind bars.
Clyde Robinson, otherwise
known as Pretty Boy, is
being released from prison.
When asked what he is going
to do when he gets out, Clyde
informs his fellow inmates
that his plan is to go back to
the only game he knows,
running women a.k.a.
opimping ?. After much
laughter, several inmates tell
Clyde to update his game and
get with the latest hustle.
Clyde questions what that is
_and is told by another inmate
that it is those five magical
words that no one can contest,
oT Tve been called to preach. ?
After reading The Pimp and
the Preacher, one may ask if
this is just a scandalous novel
or if it is possibly true. The
real question is oWho Ts
pimping who? ?
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CIVIL RIGHTS & ORGANIZATION S IN PIT T
COUNTY
There are many worthy
efforts that benefit greatly
from publicity or any other
means by which the
maximum number of people
are made aware of a project or
concern. On the other hand,
some things need to be dealt
with discreetly and with a
measured degree of exposure
to public attention.
Organization of local civil
rights groups is one of those
areas.
For the last 40 years, the
civil rights advocacy
community in Pitt County has
deemed media attention as
one Of its T top priorities. This
tendency has repelled
multitudes of would be
supporters, some of whom
moved here from other areas
or who simply don Tt feel the
need to be validated by seeing
- their names or faces in the
media. It is for this reason that
it is time for serious
ohousekeeping ? within our
local civil rights organizations
that are affiliated with
national organizations. If for
no other reason, this is needed
to insure that local affiliates
Operate in a manner consistent.
with the by-laws that are
usually prescribed by a
national or state office. This |
type of housekeeping is not
glamorous nor might it be
considered news. Yet, to be
totally honest, if a local group
lacks a reasonable degree of
conformity to a standard
methodology, that group is
merely using the name of a
famous organization. As a
result, the credibility and
influence of the local-and
national organization is
diminished. At the local level,
getting back to the basics of
organization would be a
tremendous asset. Basic
organizational structure that is
designed to assure debate,
inclusion, fairness and
transparency is not always
welcomed.
For the most part,
standards for by-laws and
constitutions of local civil
rights organizations were
developed over a long period
of time by many dedicated
and wise leaders who
considered every possible
scenario that local affiliates
_ could possibly encounter.
These rules were written so
that local leaders need not
start from scratch or use a
trial and error style of
leadership. Methods of
communication are also part
of such plans so that locals
need not depend on the media
as a main tool for getting
information into the public.
In Pitt County, many civil
rights related matters are
rushed into the press
deliberately 4nd immediately
only to go unresolved or
defeated. It is almost
impossible to recall any issue
wherein a Pitt County civil
rights organization actually
prevailed or advanced the
quality of life for the people
that they exist to help; the
poor and minority citizens.
Yet there are plenty of news
stories. If getting into the
media is a goal then, mission
accomplished. If results are
intended, that Ts a different
story.
Many years ago, civil
rights leaders in Durham,
North Carolina found its T
community in an almost
identical situation as we see
now in Greenville. Those in
control of established
organizations disregarded any
rules that threatened their
control and never allowed a
re-organization according to
by-laws. The reaction was the
creation of The Durham
Committee on The Affairs of
Black People, which emerged
as a very respected and
credible civil rights
organization to this day.
Unlike in that community, in
Pitt County, when a quote is
rendered to the press, one
never knows if it represents
the thinking of the
membership or of one or two
vocal officers; usually it is the
latter.
People in the media
business know exactly who
enjoys being in the news and
who will never say ono
comment ?. The media needs
to sell advertising and
increase exposure for itself,
So it is doing what comes
naturally and need not
apologize for doing so. It is
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up to current civil rights
organizations to examine why
many good people avoid
_ involvement with them. The
norm is to dismiss the
avoiders as people who don Tt
care or worse while taking on
a blacker-than-thou posture.
The truly needed response is
to privately hold operations
up to a mirror while
comparing operations to rules.
In doing so, deviations from
the by-laws will point to
major reasons as to why
rallies are small and meetings
are poorly attended. Turning
this corner will be
uncomfortable for those
whose self esteem is closely
connected to civil rights. Yet,
if this route is dismissed,
there is no need to look
further for serious hindrances
to progress and self
determination in the black
community. The hindrances
are not always the city, or the
schools, the police, social
a |
service programs and the like.
Such organizations are not -
pledged to civil rights
advocacy. Those _
organizations that are need
only be true to the guidelines
and history of their
forerunners in order to begin a
new era of progressiveness in
the civil rights arena of
Greenville and Pitt County.
The true measure of
leadership is effectiveness
toward change. All else are
distractions from the fact that
little has changed for the
better. Being in the news or
selling banquet tickets are not
why civil rights groups should
exist, nor should their
existence revolve around such
self serving distractions.
Issues are sure to come. The
question is whether or not our
local organizations are up to
making a difference or just up
to making it to the press.
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By: Melde Rutledge
The Carolina
Peacethaker
The front of the old Guilford
County Courthouse on W.
Market Street was the scene
of a press conference held on
Nov. 02, where area black
leaders deplored the
execution of a mentally ill
African American man
stheduled on Dec. 01.
Demonstrators argue that the
mentally ill Guy LeGrande
had an unjust trial and they
aye pleading for North . |
Garolina Gov. Mike Easley to
cbmmute LeGrande Ts
sentence to life in prison
without parole.
oThe Kangaroo trial, the
conviction and death sentence
given to Mr. LeGrande are
réplete with racial bias and
make us nothing less than
unwilling parties to a
I¢galized lynching scheduled
for Dec. 01, ? said N. Carnell
Robinson, chair of the NC
Black Leadership Caucus, a
statewide group of
community activists, public
officials, clergy and others
who campaign for the equity
of-black North Carolinians.
Robinson said that only the
gtand dragon of Klu Klux
Klan would refer to
LeGrande Ts sentencing as a
show of justice.
The NC Black Leadership
Caucus has previously called
for a moratorium against the
death penalty in North
Carolina. A formal letter
Was sent to the governor last
Week to request for
LeGrande Ts clemency. He is
currently held in Central
Prison, located in Raleigh.
oWe besiege Governor Easley
to grant clemency because the
LeGrande conviction is
_Teprehensible and marks not "
only our system of justice, but
our humanity and our moral.
integrity, o Carnell added.
An all-white jury sentenced
LeGrande to death in 1996 in
Stanly County, NC., for the
shooting death of Ellen
Munford, a white female. Her
husband, Tommy Munford,
hired LeGrande to help
murder his wife for insurance
benefits.
_Mr. Munford, who is also
white, was allowed to plead to
second-degree murder, and
received a life sentence after
testifying against LeGrande.
After LeGrande was
sentenced, it was concluded
by doctors that he suffered
from psychosis;
oWhether he did it or not is
not the question, o Guilford
County Commissioner Melvin
oSkip ? Alston said about
LeGrande at the press
conference. oThe question is
whether or not he got a proper -
and fair trial. ?
Alston also serves as the
piedmont regional vice chair
for the NC Black Leadership
Caucus. Others on had at the
press conference in a show of
support included County
Commissioner Carolyn
Coleman, former Greensboro
NAACP president Gladys
Shipman, State
Representative Pricey
Harrison and members of the
_ Faith Against the Death
Penalty.
There is documentation that
LeGrande was out of touch
with reality and lacked
comprehension of the law
during his trial. Amid
LaGrande Ts trial, he fired his
court appointed attorneys and
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eath sentence ruling
was permitted to represent
himself " even after standby
counsel filed a motion ©
suggesting that LeGrande was
oseverly o mentally ill and not
competent to represent
himself.
In addition, Robinson noted.
that LeGrande Ts standby
counsel were not allowed to
tell the court that LeGrande,
among other ailments,
believed that he was receiving
signals from Opray Winfrey
and former CBS News
Anchor Dan Rather.
LeGrande also wore a
Superman t-shirt to one of his
court proceedings.
oThis is clearly not a man
who should have been
allowed to represent himself, ?
Alston said. |
After filing countless
frivolous documents in court
on his own, a federal judge
ultimately appointed two
lawyers to represent him for
his appeal. However, the
lawyers had to present with in
federal court, and LeGrande Ts
case was denied certification
by the US Supreme Court.
Those against LeGrande Ts
death sentence point out the
the prosecutor in the case,
District Attorney Ken
Honeycutt, is currently under
investigation for hiding key
evidence in two previous
death penalty cases. Both of ©
which have been overturned.
All-white juries have
sentenced atleast three other
men of color, prosecuted by
Honeycutt Ts office in the
i déath: oHoneycutt
also gained an unsavory
reputation with some people
by wearing a gold lapel pin
shaped liked a hangman Ts
- race, and was exploited
_ case in 2001, when Easley
THE MINORITY VOICE NOV. 10- 17.2006 Pgil
noose, and awarded thos
pins to assistant DA Ts for
winning death penalty cases |
and to boost their moral.
Robinson said that LeGrande
was chosed by the
prosecution because of his
»
fo.)
because of his mental illness.
oThe prosecutor in this case
lacked the integrity and the
ethics that North Carolinians
expect in our court system
today, ? Alston said.
Robinson pointed out that |
Easley overturned a similar
granted clemency to Robert
Bacon based on the issue of
racial bias and the unequal .
treatment of Bacon and two
co-defendants. Bacon, who
was oduped ? into killing his
white girlfriend Ts husband,
was sentenced to death by an
all-white jury. The victim Ts
wife, who was reported to
have the mastermind, was
sentenced to life.
oWe cannot be content with a
law that has one set of justice
for the weathly and the white,
and another set for poor and
the minorities, ? Alston said.
oWe hope that the governor.
will do the right thing on
this. ?
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