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i3ER, 1969 r> T k r-- iJ JL.» ri. iSw PAGE THREE : 10(1 ■. b'r'. . '.y TYH A SRYANT )lack woman has arrived! s another side to all the ■ I for black pride and mity; it is the world of for the black woman. 1969 she is the most sought .1 the world of advertise- ■ .ei especially fashion. She ■ii', ■ aken off her domestic stiKini’ and is rapidly holding . rv/n in the career world. Rhi‘ u:is discovered that life is nd wants to enjoy it. ' ■ reporter had the op- ty to view the new black n today’s styles at the Fashion Fair held in igton, N. C. “Ebony r- hioi Fair is a traveing . show produced by ;0‘ V magazine, the largest ‘ I’d' ted Negro-oriented pub- 1 in the world, and spon- ed by local civic and social 0. .'.ations for the benefit of fhar'iy.” In Wilmington the F;' 1 V, as sponsored by the Alpha S *. ’'ty, Inc. for the benefit of 1.b, rthside Day Care Center. This is the 12 th year the fp.sh' a Fair has been presented, a. these past twelve years ji. grown from presentations in a ■ w select cities to 77 cities cfr s-t o coast. The opening date thir ;.‘ar was September 11 in Davi port ,Iowa and the Fair i-loK.' on December 15 in Si;, ■ is, Washington. Tr.'; show is under the pro- d: on of Mrs. Eunice W. John- •ion, vife of the publisher of magazine. She has ■ 'u :d the United States and li .11 ; and personally selected 20!'. arments with accessories , hj h top designers as Valen- ;a)0 Geoffrey Beene, Jean '.viui Christian Dior and Rox- -,o name a few. T' October 17th issue of ■' magazine featured the Uiat model and her dominance the limelight of today’s fash' n world. She is way ahead of .,iy other woman in thei wo, ;d with her new identity ind -eedom. Her role was best ; ''vr,bed by a photographer in who said, “If you put a fair’', ordinary dress on a hr ) lette and then on a blonde, not i lo much happens. Put the dress on a black girl and i ' icomes something really woui ;rful.” Tlio extravagant styles of the Ho; ng Twenties, the age of t Te I’lapper, are returning. It was called the Flapper Age be- i‘ women took advantage of new found freedoms in an of mass culture. She had a b; „ - economic status and she '' vote. The excitement of age was reflected in her ' .^a; :obe. The styles were long, sleek, and sexy. She adorned hi''. If with accessories that colorfully outlandish but complimented her garment p>er_ fectly, her most popular ac cessory were those ioiig, l->ng, long, strands of pearls. Hemlines varied from knee length to maxi (minis did not exist then) and no one was up tight about how long a girl wore her dresses — everything was vogue. These styles are returning and the black woman is wear ing them, giving them a new look and an out of sight, “boss” air that only she possesses. Thus Ebony Fair’s title for this year, “The Flapper Returns — With Soul.” There were nine beauties and two debonair males who captivated the audience along Mass Media w’.ti. a ro>\).n'i‘^ntai.-" aiJu t:;a music oi ^ootnirig, but highly stumulating jazz combo. The clothes modeled were beau tiful, bold, sophisticated, free, and daring. Tall thin girls of every shade of black accom^ panied by handsome, black and cool soul brothers modeled beachwear, sportswear, after five formal and at home styles for the ’69 pace setting genera- t i o n. Nothing stereotyped, everything individually suited for individual tastes. As the gracious commentator Harriett Johns said, “It’s your thing, do what you want to do, but — do it with Soul!” All this reporter can say — Blackness in fashion — dead ready! BLACK INSIGHTS BSUL NEWS SERVICE “ANYTHING YOU DON’T CONTROL CAN BE USED AS A WEAPON AGAINST YOU. EDUCATION IS USED AS A WEAPON AGAINST US. NEWS MEDIA AS A WEAPON AGAINST US.” — H. Rap Brown, Die, Nigger Die !! The productive and distribu tive force of the mass media extends its influence into three significant dimensions of the social structure. Communication — the means of creating, politicizing and transmitting information. Education — the process of interpretation, definition and indoctrination of 1 e a r n in g sources. Manipulation •— the power of position, direct and control the habits and attitudes of people. Therefore control of mass media is congruent with con trol of the minds, resources and objectives of people. Mass media U.S.A. represents the views and advances the ob jectives of the white power sys tem. It also shapes the opinions and attitudes of its white major ity and the image of Black peo ple. Mass media U.S.A. is a source of oppression designed to per petuate white supremacy and Black colonization. It is utilized as a lethal weapon against the development and advancement of the Afria community. This lethal weapon emerges in various forms; radio, television and the American newspapers. Recent statistics classify as “negro” 159 newspapers — all a political and none with na tional circulation. MUHAMMAD SPEAKS was not included in in the report. It list five of 528 radio stations as being Black owned, all as political and non community oriented. There were no televisions listed as Black BlacK students from various undergraduate institutions aeross state attended a Law School conference December 5 and S to iss the law profession. Thje last event was a luncheou'in tlie w ilina Student Union. See story. controlled. With critical analysis and recognition of those who have led the way so far, CRISIS, MUHAMMAD SPEAKS and a few others — there is still a dire need of an extended media that will use its machinery for our advancement. The Black Student Press is a total effort in this direction. In effect the paper represents a vanguard and necessary step for Black Communication con trol. The goals and objectives are rudimentary: Control, Dis seminate and Liberate. Politically it can be defined as a social instrument that will utilize the resources of the Black college student to estab lish and maintain a viable re volutionary weapon. As a communication mech anism it will produce the means for studying the question of Black liberation outside of the framework of European ac- ademecia. The necessity for this has been emphatically un derlined by the number of de fensive confrontations experi enced by Black students. Functionally, it demands that revolutionary action re place rhetoric. For too long the Black student has been geo graphically isolated and politic ally noncommunicative. If there is to be revolutionary action, these actions must be changed. The paper must pro vide channels for dialogues in idealogy and action. We must exist on the prin ciple that to control is to exer cise power, and use our resources to lend direction to the aspira tions of our people. Psychologically we will func tion to break the slave mental ity that forces Black people to view theselves as Americans and not as African people. Dissemination can be viewed as a process for producing edu cation and aggression geared towards total liberation of all African people. It can also be used as a channel for directing cur productivity in community development and in the battle against the forces of racism, colonialism and imperalism. Finally we must assure that liberation will not be attained by arbitration and compromise. It will have to be taken. There fore, the Black Student Press will have to be a revolutionary workshop through which we will strive to meet the critical requirements of Hiberation of the Pan African V^o/ld. Tutashinda Bila Shak ■ f' Shall iCon^iuer, Withou' ». Doubt!) James R. High, Malcolm X University student from Raleigh, speaks during Monday celebration on behalf of students from the Durham school who spent many cold mornings on the UNC campus and suffered several arrest. Serenade To Soul Sisters We the Black Women have finally immerged After the seige of Africa when our womanhood was purged By the White Man’s hate. He used us For his breeding animals. He abused us. Until, finally the Revolution! From kitchen Marm and Dominant Amazon! We sereaade you our Beautiful Black Queen! Now we as Black women, saluate our counterpart This is your night, oh sister of our heart! You now represent us — and we The proud! Now no difiant warrior is she She is beauty as it ought to. be, Soft, warm, good to her man. She does for him everything she can! And in her limelight so serene We serenade her, our beautiful Black Queen. -Black Brothers- (Continued from Page 1) equity that was non-existent in the former system. RANGE 135 — 199 Question: Your number falls in the incertainy category. Has this outcome in anyway effected your future to an extent that it has questioned the equality of the new draft system? Ed Gore, 165 Senior “You damn straight it has effected by future.” Now I don’t know if I can go to grad uate school. I am questioning the overall reality and equality of the draft itself regardless of whther you given deferment drafting by lottery or any other techniques. Charles Nixon, 141 Senior The system is fair for thei people who have high numbers new, but I think they should have a new lottery changing numbers after each draft call. Ron Bowks, 182 Junior I don’t feel that any Blacks should go to the War. I am in the same position as before, it could go either way. RANGE 1 — 134 Question: Any comment or question about the locale of your number in the draft lottery is obviously painful, but would you reflect any observations that you have about the system? Hal Guess, 54 Senior My future plans have been changed because now there is a great {>ossibility I will not be going to graduate school. The former system was obviously inequitable but now I feel it is fair. However, I don’t think the fact that I have a low num ber is as bad as people are say ing. Luther Atwater, 39 Senior The new draft system is fair compared to the old one .How ever, I am for the Kennedy system of lequiring everyone VO be draftable at age nineteen allowing no deferement under —Black Pearl “Chancel lor- (Continued from page 2) Chapel Hill one student in 99 is Black. This year there are 95 Black graduate students out of over 4,000 total graduate enrollment. This year’s Black graduate en rollment is 2.5 percent of the total graduate enrollment at the University of North Caro lina at Chapel Hill. This year there are 321 Black students out of 16,000 total en rollment. This year’s Black en rollment is 2 percent of the to tal enrollment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. How can the figures cited by the Chancellor represent any thing when 30 percent of this state’s population is Black. -Champ Ignores- (Continued from Page 2) the man has no time to attend to business, then the University should hire somebody who can. or get as co-chancellor. It should also be noted that student and community support was lacking in Raleigh. One concerned reliable source at Shaw said Dr. Cheek, the Uni versity’s president, “diluted the efforts made by the small group which arose at Shaw. It is hoped that this is not a sign tha' Black leadership — which i.'» especially expected from Shaw — is now on the backslide. any circumstance. As the survey points out the/ opinions of Brothers are varic d with their circumstances, hov- ever, the majority of Brothers feel that the system has ac quired a new equity absent frou, the old system. But nonethe less, this new system implicitly perpetuates the oppression oj! Black people suffered under the old system using more si.;b- tle techniques.
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