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THE zIRTS
Student performances
‘^A legacy of struggle
Cynthia Roberts
Staff Writer
Black students on this campus
must consider ourselves a unique
breed of pioneers. What we must
not consider ourselves is immortal
and irreplaceable. This was the mes
sage A Legacy of Struggle attemp
ted to convey.
A Legacy of Struggle is a his
torical presentation of how Black
students were given the opportuni
ty to become a part of the Univer
sity. It also conveyed what Black
students have done since their
acceptance here, and what they
need to do to stay a part of the
University.
The April 28 presentation was
a farewell salute initiaad by a
group of seniors who were con
cerned enough to devote their
time and energy. Because the story
had never been told, the presenta
tion had to first be researched and
then written.
The idea originated from sen
ior Oveta Fuller, who, while doing a
“Senior Reflections” column for
Black Ink, began to think back over
her four years at Carolina.
“When we got here we were
more aware of being Black on a
white campus,” she says. “My class
came here scared and psyched-up
because we knew the work was
hard. But the main things freshmen
see now is not that you’ve got to
study, but why not have a good
time? They don’t take into consid
eration that we are here because
people fought in the 60’s.”
Oveta stated that according to
Dean Renwick the program of al
lowing students with a SAT score
of 900 or less will be up for review
in about three years. What the re
view board will see is that a great
many Black students aren’t grad
uating. “We were given a chance
and we’re blowing it,” said Oveta.
There are some
BSM offices still
vacant. Come by
and apply today.
Another goal of the presenta
tion was to show what it was like to
be one of only ten Black students
on this campus; to look back to
when there were no Greeks, no
Upendo, and no BSM.
“Maybe after seeing this pre
sentation Black students will learn
to appreciate BSM and Black Ink
more,” says Oveta. “Maybe the
next time any action is taken that
would stop or inhibit the progress
of BSM, we will take it personally-
be it a budget cut or moving Upen
do.”
A Legacy of Struggle informed
Black students of their heritage by
using narratives, dancing, drama,
slide projections, and special guests.
This BSM-sponsored program was
followed by a dance in recognition
of seniors.
Special thanks goes to pro
gram researchers; Rhonda Craw
ford, Oveta Fuller, Lillie Love,
Bernard McIntyre, Robert Watson,
and advisors Lee Greene and
Wekesa Madzimoyo. Thanks also
goes to the committee that con
tributed their special talents: Leroy
Bynum, Karen Dacons, Anthony
Greene, Brenda Jones, Sandra Lit
tle, Brenda McClain, Hugo William
son, and the many other contribu
tors.
Oveta summarizes A Legacy of
Struggle as being a “production
that is about us and concerns all of
us. It is about how we got here and
everyone should want to see it be
cause it is a part of them.”
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.Twas the 8th of April in
Memorial Hall. . .
The Black Student Movement
had its first Talent Show, and it
was really successful. The job done
by the Social Committee of the
BSM was superb! Phyllis Pickett,
Vice-Chairperson of the Black Stu
dent Movement and Chairman of
the Social Committee, did a fantas
tic job of organizing the Talent
Show. Helping her with the organi
zation were Rita Brackeen, Toi
Carter and Nora Parker.
There was an extraordinarily
large turnout of approximately 500
students, who were very responsive
to the performers. “As far as re
sponse to the performers by the
audience,” Phyllis said, “1 wasn’t
surprised. 1 knew the audience
would get off—that they would
really enjoy the show, and they
did!”
When asked if the performers
were competing for a prize Phyllis
said, “We intended to give cash
prizes, but the performers said
that they wanted to perform be
cause they enjoyed doing so, not
to compete with one another.”
The performances ranged from
an original tune, “Seek the Light,”
performed by Byron Horton and
Brian Delaney, to a sensuous per
formance by The James 8 (Sylvia
Collins, Jennifer Cody, Vivian Luc
as and Denise Pulley). The James 8
did an excellent presentation of
“I’ve Got Love On My Mind.”
Denise Pulley later re-appeared to
sing the theme song from A Star
Is Born entitled “Evergreen.”
Other tunes performed in
cluded, “A Prayer,” sung by Cliff
Harrington, Sheldron Hardison,
James Carroll, Anthony Boone and
Ricky Sharpless. Sandra Banks
double-dazzled the audience with
“Winter Melody” and “No Regrets”
while Terri Burns, along with San
dra Banks and Carmen Battle cap
tivated the audience with “Free.”
Avis Squires, Sharon Wellington,
Sam Tucker, and Phillip Woods
sang “We Expect You” and “What
Good is a Song?”
Richard Pryor II, known to
UNC students as Spurgeon Fields,
managed to keep the audience
amused with his comedy routine.
Rosalind Fuse, with the aide of a
poem by Langston Hughes, also
amused the audience with a dramat
ic reading entitled “Name in Print.”
Finally, Sandra Little entrigued
everyone with her creative dance
performed to an Andre Crouch
tune entitled “If Heaven Never
Were Promised.”
The Talent Show was also
efficient enough to have their own
band to provide back-up music for
the musical acts. Brooksie Harring
ton was the music director of the
band, which consisted of Phillip
Woods (piano), Leslie Dula (flute),
James Carroll and Ricky Sharpless
(guitars). Technical director was
Stan Eaves.
The Black Student Movement
made approximately $500.00 from
the exciting event. The proceeds
would have been more, but the
Project Uplift students were admit
ted for half price.
Phyllis made the following re
mark in reference to the annual
continuation of the Talent Show.
“I would like to see it become an
annual event done by the Social
Committee each April.”
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