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SBKJUILFORDIAN
Greensboro, N.C.
Black History Month celebrations conclude
Karim Ali
Staff Writer
Through a collection of skits, perform
ances and presentations, on Feb 22,
the Guilford African American Studies
Department celebrated Black
History Month in an evening,
titled "Understanding Our
Past...Creating Our Future."
Jazz music orchestrated by
the N.C. A&T Jazz Ensemble
marked the evening. The master
of ceremonies, senior Cesar
Weston, introduced first per
former, sophomore Jada Drew.
Drew performed "Phenomenal
Women," verse by black author
Maya Angelou, to cheers from
the audience.
"I am a phenomenal woman, a
phenomenal woman that's me,"
read Drew.
Next, CCE student Dionne
Curry's read Angelou's celebrat-
Ed poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings." Curry said that Angelou's poem
immortalizes the spirit inherent in African
American generations even in the face of
hardships and struggle.
"A caged bird sings of freedom," conclud
ed Curry's reading.
Dressed in yellow and blue, the A&T State
University Gospel choir sang next. Shaking
hips and moving feet, they clapped and
GSO sexual assaults concent Guilford students
Meredith Veto
Staff Writer
Police from Greensboro
and Winston-Salem are
investigating six recent sexual
assault cases that may be
related. The alleged serial
rapist targets women in their
twenties living alone, several of
whom are students.
In the first Greensboro case,
a man broke into a
Woodstream Lane apartment
around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 14,
and assaulted the woman living
laughed to high-tempo music.
The evening's events also recreated
African American struggles and hardships
for its audience of around 200. Each per
formance sought to celebrate the obstacles
overcome by African American people.
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COURTESY JADA DREW
Dancers perform at Guilford's celebration of Black History Month
For example Crystal Ellen spoke of
Shirley Chisholm, the first African American
women in Congress, who ran for the U.S.
presidency in 1972.
"I ran because someone had to be first,"
Ellen reported Chisholm as having said.
Chisholm, like many others, fought for inclu
sion so blacks could take control of and
shape their own destiny.
Shifting from women to men, Ameryst's
there alone. The second attack
occurred Feb. 1 on Mayflower
Drive near the UNCG campus.
The man fled after a brief
struggle. Two of the four
Winston-Salem victims are
Wake Forest University
Students.
Kara Simpson, a Guilford jun
ior who lives in a Woodstream
apartment, was shocked when
she turned on the news and
saw reporters in her neighbor
hood.
"Ever since then I've seen
some police with dogs walking
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through the woods, probably
looking for evidence," Simpson
said. "I feel safe having neigh
bors, but someone could get
raped next to me and I wouldn't
know."
Police report that the attacker
enters apartments through
unlocked doors or windows.
Because the six women all live
alone, investigators believe that
the attacker may shadow their
victims beforehand.
"(He) may watch them come
and go for several days before
(he) does anything," said Gary
lyrical "One Rib" was a tribute to all black
men. Her rhymes, lyrics and style, which
received a standing ovation, celebrated
black men, who engage in a struggle "from
the womb to the tomb."
Another performance, "Unsung Heroes,"
In a speech, Gerard Connell underlined
the present state of far-from-equal services,
status and positions of African Americans.
"There is still no equal education in public
schools," said Connell. "It's not fair, but we
can change that. You and I can make a
change."
Towards the end of the ceremony, CCE
student Larry Draughn read of the "Spoken
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Hastings, commander of the
Greensboro Police
Department's criminal-investi
gations division. "One can
almost deduct that he likely
spends some time in the area
before he commits the crime."
The attacker who may be
responsible for the sexual
assaults has been described as
a man who speaks with a
Hispanic accent, wears dark
clothes and covers his face. In
some of the cases the attacker
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commemorated
African American
contributions to socie
ty. Remembering sci
entists and inventors
responsible for
peanut butter, door
stops and blood plas
ma separation,
among others, the
skit reminded the
audience of the role
black pioneers played
in world history.
"Africa is the cradle
of intellect, not just
the home of humani
ty," said skit per
former Lou Berrier.
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