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r 1 1 Jcmcs 0c7l Jones Tells SSory off Blacti Soa9h African Patriot 3 BMMIlaW. nm-T"i ii Muj. FAT TUESDAY FLING Althoui Hit Mini Gras wm somewhat stifted ki Ntw Orieans this week, the Mardi Gras was in full swing at Grey Culbreth Junior High School in Chapel Hill last Friday night These Can-Can dancers get things rolling for the celebration. NOVELIST TONI MORRISON TO RECEIVE HOWARD ALUMNI AWARD Toni Morrison, critically acclaimed novelist, will receive a 1979 alumni award for post graduate achievement in literature and creative writing at Howard Uni versity's annual Charter Day dinner on March 1 at 6:30 pjnJ at the Sheraton Park Hotel. The dinner is part of a two-day celebration marking the 112th year of the founding of the univer sity. Morrison's novel Song of Solomon (Knopt, 1977), a saga of four generations of a black family, has earned her prestigious awards from the National Book Critics Circle and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Two previous novels, Sula (Knopf, 1974) and The Bluest Eye (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970) were also critical successes. While it is Morrison's work as a novelist that has thrust her into the public eye, for years she was quietly serving the cause' of literature as an editor and teacher. As a senior editor at Random House since 1967, she has nurtured the writing talents of such varied authors, at Toni Cade Bambara, Angela Davis, Gayle Jones and Muhammad Ali From 1965 to 1967 she was an associate editor for L.W. ' Singer Publishing company, from 1957-65 an instructor in English and the humanities at Howard University and from 1955 to 1957 an instructor in English at Texas Southern University. : Born in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison received her bachelor's degree from Howard in 1953 and a master's degree from Corn ell University in 1955. Among the many honors that have come her way are an honorary degree from Spelman College, the 1978 Cleveland Arts Prize in literature, a Friends of Writers Award and a Micheaux Award. She is a member os the Author's Guild, the literature panel of the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Humanities and the American Association of Publishers. From feet, hands, elbows. Doctors find that hard, thick calluses often can be softened and removed medically. The same ingredient doctors find so effective is available in DERMASOFT Medical For mula for Hard Callused Skin. "I hate, the practice of race discrimination, and in mv hatred I am sustained by the fact that the over whelming majority of mankind hate it equallyI will still be moved by my dislike of - the race discrim ination against my people when 1 come out from serv ing my sentence, to take up again, as best. I can, the struggle for the removal of those injustices until they are finally abo lished one and for all." These are the words of the black South African patriot, Nelson Mandela, who has been imprisoned by his government for the past 15 years. His story, says journalist Bill Moyers, "is a story the world can ill afford to forget." In a departure from its regular format, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL presents a dramatic reading of the writings and speeches of Nelson Mandela from his book, No Easy Walk to Freedom. The role of Mandela is portrayed by the distinguished American actor James Earl Jones. "I couldn't think of a way to tell Mandela's story journal istically on television," says Moyers, "but the artist can go where the journalist cannot." The program will be telecast nationally over the Public Broadcasting Service Monday, March 12 from 8-9 pjn,; In the New York area it may be seen on WNETTHIRTEEN from 9-1 Op jn ' Nelson Mandela was given a life sentence by a South African court in 1964 for seeking to undermine the government's apartheid policies,. 'The government has tried to erase his influence," reports Moyers. It would like to erase his memory. But like Martin ' Luther King in the Birming ' ham jail, there is no contain ing the force of his moral authority. Even in prison, Nelson Mandela is a commanding figure to those on the outside struggling to toprMe the racist goven ment of South Africa." 1 Mandela did not begin as a revolutionary, he was from one of the royal fami lies of the Transkei, groom ed, from childhood for respectability, status, and sheltered living and later trained as a lawyer. But the humiliations of ks people at -the hands of the white minority stung him to action. At first he advocated non-violence, a policy that didn't seem to work. Appeals to reason, law and common sense brought only more repression. Mandela and the organization to which he belonged - the African National Congress -turned increasingly to direct action, to protests, strikes and finally to force: to underground resistance and sabotage. Mandela himeslf was driven into hiding until an informant turned him in to the police. "On a trip through southern Africa last year," recalls Bill Moyers, "I obtained a copy of Mandela's writings and speeches. It's called 'No Easy Walk to Freedom.' It's a story the world that portion of the world which cherishes freedom and human dignity - can ill afford to forget. For it speaks of personal courage even as it reveals the horrors of a. society blind ed by power and prejudice." Mandela's book is banned in South Africa. James Earl Jones most recently appeared as Alex Haley in ABC's television series "Roots II." He as also seen in "Paul Robe son" on Broadway. He played the title roles in the New ' .York Shakespeare Festival's Productions of "King Lear" in 1973 and, "Hamlet" in ,1972. He won a Tony Award in 1968 for his appearance in "The Great White Hope" on SAT.. MARCH 3, 1979 " Broadway. . - . The director of No Easy Walk to Freedom is Lloyd Richards, newly appointed Dean of the Tale Drama School Mr. Richards set a precedent as the first black director of a major theater piece when he directed Lorraine Hans berry's "A Raisin in the Sun" for Broadway in 1959. He was the first black director of a major network television drama, GE THEATER tor DBS in and in 1964 he directed the Broadway musical. "I Had ABaawtlhBuddyHaciett. THE CAROLINATlMS- , He was also one of the directors for the tele vision series, ROOTS II on ABC No Easy Walk to Free dom, a regular edition of Bill Moyer - Journal over the Public Broadcasting Service, ' . .Ji . produced by Alan Goktteg, directed by Lloyd Richards, and created by Bill Moyers from the writings and speechs of Nelson Mandela. The series is made possible by grants from the Ford Foundation and die Corporation for Public BroadcastiiMu ' li:l r - ,rr A I iiMMMmaiaiiiniiiftiiMiiriyiinM in r, rn'i idiii. imiin MgflffllfllHM ctadv Bl AM cnilTM AFRICAN At E2I Vmmt American actor James Earl Jones tells the story of Mack south African Patriot, mo i i.i- : umnh Tha nn hnur nroaram. NO EASY WALK TO will be telecast as a regular edition of BILL MOYERS' JOURNAL on Monday. March 12 at 8 p.m. over most PBS stations Icheck local listings;, in new iom may -THIRTEEN at 9 p.m. ..1S- ttv'.'--. xy v FORTBE NEXT TWO WEEKS, SPMNG HOME MLL BE MOKE FUN THAN GOING OUT You're going to see more entertainment in your living room than in all the nightclubs, concert halls, movie houses and theaters in town. Because for the next two weeks, we're proudly presenting Festival '79 on the UNC-TV Network. You'll see everybody from Tony Bennett to Minnie Pearl. Arthur Fiedler to Tennessee Ernie Ford. Albert Einstein to Laurel & Hardy. You'll see all this plus our usual, outstanding schedule of programs like "Nova." "Masterpiece Theatre." and "The MacNeilLehrer Report." So for the next two weeks, the most exciting place to go... is home. Saturday 33 7:00 PM Live from the Grand Ole Opry Sunday 34 7:00 PM Struggle for Survival 8:00 PM National Geographic Special: Last Stand in Eden 9:00 PM Masterpiece Theatre: Country Matters 10:20 PM Three Men in a Boat Monday 35 8:00 PM Bill Moyers Journal: The People of Nes Ammim 9:10 PM Academy Leaders: 10:20 PM The Four Freshmen in Concert Tuesday 36 X :00PM ( ousteuu Odyssey: Time Bomb at 50 Fathoms l: 10 PM Hollywood Musicals: High Society Wednesday 37 X :00PM Choreography by . Balanchine :20 PM Maria Callus Thursday 38 X:00 PM Country Music Association Family Reunion 1):I0 PM Live from the Grand Ole Opry Friday 39 8:00 PM Washington Week in Review 8 :30 PM Wall Street Week 9:00 PM North Carolina People 9:35 PM Hollywood Musicals: Singin' in the Rain I 1 :45 PM Aus'tin Citv Limits Saturday 310 7:00 PM National Geographic Special: Last in Eden 8:05 PM That Great American Gospel Sound 10:05 PM Hollywood Musicals: . The Barid Wagon Sunday 311 7:00 PM Struggle for Survival 8:00 PM Segovia at the White House 1:00PM Masterpiece Theatre: Lillie 10:10 PM Horowitz Live tncore Monday 312 8 :00 PM Bill Moyers Journal Dramatic Reading James EarLlones Tuesday 313 8:00 I'M Einstein's Universe 10:20 PM Sarah Vautilum in Concert Wednesday 314 8:00 PM Romeo & Juliet Thursday 315 8:00 PM Nova: Einstein 9:10 PM World 10:20 PM Masterpiece Theatre: Lillie Friday 316 8 :00 PM Washington Week in Review 8:30 PM Wall Street Week 9:00 PM North Carolina People 9:35 PM America at the Movies 12:05 AM Austin City Limits Saturday 317 7:00 PM Best of Laurel and Hardy 8.00 PM American Pop: The Great Singers 1 1 :30 PM Hollywood Musicals: High Society 1 :45 PM Monty Python and the Holy Grail Sunday 318 12:00N 2:20 PM 4 :30 PM 6:30 PM 7:05 PM 8:00 PM 9:15 PM 10:20 PM Hollywood Musicals: The Band Wagon Hollywood Musicals: Singin' in the Rain That Great American Gospel Sound North Carolina People Ali the Man Just Call Me Maestro: Arthur Fiedler Masterpiece Theatre: Lillie Grand Finale C3HMSM1L Fesitva79onUNC-TV 36
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