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8-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. OCTOBER 4, 1980 Barbara Chase-Riboud's Novel Outraged Scholars Barbara Chase-Riboud, who accepted the prestigious Janet Heidi nger Kaflca Prize for Excellence in Fiction by an American Woman Mon day, September 29, at the New York Public Library, has an inierview in the Oc tober issue ofAj. Magazine. The literary award goes to Ms. Chase Riboud's first novel, Sally Hemings, the controver sial "fictional portrait of the slave who became the most publicized woman of color in posi revolutionary America amid specula tion about her master, Thomas Jefferson, and ihe paternity of her seven children." In her article, Ms. editor, Susan McHenry, reports (hat what makes Sally Hemings so con iroversial is that the book explores the tragic 38-year affair that mos! Jefferso nian scholars have tried to discount until historian Fran Brodie wrote Thomas Jefferson: An In limaie History. It is a mat ter of record that Jeffer son abhorred slavery: his first draft of the Declara tion of Independence con tained a clause condemn ing slavery but the representatives of the southern slave holding colonies forced its removal. "America perceives itself as a white man's country, and this has nothing to do with reality," observes Ms. Chase-Riboud. "When Thomas Jefferson was drafting the Declaration of Independence, (his country was already multi racial. In 1776, one third of the population was black. . . ." And yet, last year, when CBS television optioned the rights to Sally Hein ings for a projected mini series, the plan was aban doned when a small group of all white, male Jeffer sonian scholars "protested that such a series would give credence to a 'scandalous rumor (hat implicated a Foun ding Father in miscegena tion." But, Ms. McHenry reports ihat Ms. Chase Riboud is "philosophical about ihe network aban donment of the project" and she is pursuing her plans lo make prime time with an independent pro ducer. "Chase-Riboud por trays this story of miscegenation with sen sitivity and restraint that removes it from the pulp tradition of Mandingo ' and places it in its rightful realm of serious complexi ty," says Ms. McHenry. Barbara Chase-Riboud has already earned an in ternational reputation as a sculptor. Born in Philadelphia, Ms. Chase Riboud won Seventeen Magazine's national art competition and sold a print to New York's Museum of Modern Art before beginning her undergraduate studies at The Tyler Art School '(Temple University). In her senior year, she became the first black woman to win a Mademoiselle guest editorship. A John Hay Whitney Fellowship in . Rome and a graduate degree from the Yale School of Art and Ar chitecture followed. Her marriage to French jour nalistic photographer, Marc Riboud took her to China in 1961, making her (he first American woman to go to Peking after the revolution. Since then, (and since the birth of her two children) Ms. Chase Riboud has had numerous showings of her drawings and sculptures, and a volume of poetry publish ed. Her future plans in clude a sculpture project; "a series of monuments to the nine million Africans who died in the Middle Passage, the voyage that . carried them in slave ships to the New World," a se cond volume of poetry loi be published after her se cond novel, and of course, the TV version of Sally Hemings. In addition, Ms. Chase-Riboud will serve as associate publisher and international vice presi dent of the Doric Publishing Company New York. .... u 1 V Yy ? 'W"" A x&U--'-- l J" ' i jf- V-s S y -V , V t-l"i f Lvt'i, Qy iJ rl v kV-.fr tof v L.um'mO 1 L J Campaigning BALTIMORE-Former U N Amhacarinr And .rr.oH D . , - . :, - .-.w jUnaa nun uny 1,1:1 wuikois uuiiny ir e-pianmnq ceremon es ai rreetlOtll Park . WhilB hA wa in tnuin Mmna nn nn Inr Drat Mmri Part., V ..... . 1 ,u- .. . . .. did buildina the recen Iv inishRd nark " r " 8 " ' "mm ,UU"H WdS vmmmm9 "8 worr5 on me ,od iney 1 r' UPI Photo in AH Still The People 's Choice In Las Vegas Survey ACCESS Intensifies Campaign Protest South Africa's Tourney Participation LAS VEGAS If a vote that Muhammad Ali took after a workout at Caesars Palace is any indication, the popular former Heavyweight Champion is still the people's choice. Ali asked the crowd of about a thousand spec tators if he would win his fight with Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes on October 2 and regain the title. ' About one-third Of the fans raised their hands. A frowning Ali then ask ed if Holmes" would win the match, billed as All's Last Hurrah. Only one fan raised his hand. The fight, which will be on closed circuit television throughout the nation, could begin a new career for the ex champ or bring down the curtain on one of the greatest records in box ing history. ' In addition to hanging, on to his fans, Ali is also as confident as ever. "I'm going to shock all of you who don't believe in me," he says. ME AC FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS The Alcorn Slate game against South Carolina Slate scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Orangeburg, S.C.; will be regionally (elevised by ABC-TV in an announce ment made by that net work Monday morning. Black Entertainment Television (BET) will also televise the game for a delayed showing on Cable TV Friday night October 10. Going into the game, Alcorn is 2-0-0, S.C. State is 4-0-0, and they are rank ed number one and three, respeciively, in three dif ferent football polls. "Larry Holmes has call ed me 'Porky Pig' and I've got to beat him. People forget too easily. I've performed all kinds of miracles, just like Moses, the 'Thrilla in Manilla,' the big fight in Zaire and this will be another one. "George Foreman was supposed to be invinci ble. He was supposed to be Super Man. I was sup posed to be slaughtered. Now they say that Holmes will slaughter me. But, I beat George Foreman and I'll beat Holmes. "Still writers keep writing all that crazy stuff about me getting hurt in the ring," Ali adds. "I'm tired of Holmes stealing my poems, too. Everything I've done or did, he tries to do. He tries to dance like me and throw the left jab like I do in the ring. "When he meets me, though, h will be meeting his master, the lord of the ring. "I will destroy Larry Holmes." ACCESS, ihe American Coordinating Commit (ee for Equaliiy in Sport and Society, has announced iiiiensificaiion of its cam paign lo proiesi Souih Africa's participation in ihe Eisenhower Cup Golf Tournameni, scheduled for Ociober 8-11 in Pinehursi. ACCESS is now plann- ME AC Roundup N.C. A&T 29, Bethune Cookman 22 Quarter back William Watson ran for one N.C. A&T touchdown, and threw for two more, as the Aggies evened its conference record at 1-1-0 and drop ped the Wildcats to 0-1-1. S.C. State 30, Howard 17 The Bison ignored a 17-0 deficit and tied S.C. State late in the third ME AC PLAYER OF THE WEEK The Office of (be Mid Eastern Athletic Con ference has announced that its Offensive Player of the Week is N.C. 'A&T Slate's William Watson (QB), the Offensive Lineman is Ben Williams (TE)ofS.C. Stale and the Defensive Player is Angelo-King, (LB) also of S.C. State. In a 29-22 conference win over Bethune Cookman, Watson threw seventeen yards and one yard for touchdowns, and ran twelve yards for another score. The 6-2 185-pound senior from Detroit was 6-1 1-0 in pass ing for 67 yards, and rush ed fourteen limes for 56. Ben Williams, a 6-3, 190-pound senior from Hollywood, S.C., spearheaded the Bulldog blocking, grading over 90 on the game film as the offense collected 349 yards rushing and a 30-17 conference victory over stubborn Howard. Team-mate Angelo King (6-1, 220) had nine solo tackles, including a quarterback sack and two other slops behind the line, and recorded three assists. The senior from Columbia S.C. was an All-MEAC performer last season. period, only to have Chris Ragland run his second ' touchdown of the night, and Rocky Cunningham score on a 66-yard punt return in the final quarter. The Bulldogs are now 3-0-0 in the conference, while Howard is 0-1-1. Grambling 27, Florida A&M 10 The score was only 13-10 wilh three minutes to play, but Grambling got two qfuick touchdown passes to put the contest out of reach. FAMU had beaten the Tigers two years in a row. FAMU plays its first con ference game next week against Howard. University of Massachusetts 39, Delaware St. 0 Delaware St. had lo go with its third siring quarterback, and Massachusetts put up six teen points in each of the first two periods. The Horneis, 0-1-0 in ihe MEAC, plays its second league contest next week against Bethune-Cookman. ing for demons! rations ai ihe she in Pinehursi if ihe South Africans 'do par ticipate. New largeis for ihe campaign include ABC-TV, which plans to lelevise ihe ev.eni, as well as local officials in Pinehursi. Efforts began on July 11 wilh a leiier-wriiing campaign to ihe U.S. Golf Association, ihe sponsor, and to President Carier. In spile of a sizeable inter nal ional response lo this call, USGA Executive Director, P.J. Boatwright, answered thai as sponsor and in "view of U.S. government nolicv and of iis obligation as a member and of ihe WAGC (World v Amaieur Golf Team Championship)," The USGA was "not in a posi tion to lake any action wilh respeci to ihe posi tion of a learn from Souih Africa." of Dr. John Dommisse ihe Secreiary-General ACCESS, called ihe responses of ihe USGA and ihe Carier Ad ministration completely contradictory. He pointed out i hat the Adminisira tion said, "With regard to our sporis policy toward South Africa, (he l.S. Government will noi pro mote, sponsor or facilitate sporis exchanges involving Souih African learns or in dividuals . . . .many of ihese (sporis) organiza tions are aware of the Government's sporis policy loward Souih Africa and choose lo adopi it." The USGA not only does not choose lo adopt ihe sporis policy, buiM claims it is acting "in view of U.S. Government policy" afier ihe USGA Geiteral Counsel con sulted wilh the State Deparimem and found thai, "all member organizaiions, including South t Africa, would be allowed to have their learns visii ihe United Slates and compeie in ihe championships wilhoul any rest rici ion whai- ACCESS has cabled Presideni Carier lo noini oui i his major discrepancy- called on his Ad- minisi ration lo clarify its position in (his crucial area of race relalions. As far as ihe obligation of ihe USGA as a member of the WAGC, ACCESS; pointed out thai the Inter national Golf Association, also a traditionally staunch supporier of. South Africa, decided in July that ii would no, longer insist on host na lions accepting South Africa as a participant. This look place (wo weeks after ACCESS announced ijs plans lo work for the exclusion of South Africa from the World Cup in Columbia in December. In addition, Fiji, Ihe hosl of last year's Eisenhower Cup, did exclude South Africa. Dommisse said i his showed sufficient precedeni for such an ac tion, "even in golf, one of ihe very few sprois where South Africa compel es with impunity." Dommisse called ABC's telecast of the maiches "ihe vehicle Souih Africa needs lo sell its propagan da .io, he American, peor pie. While yoU'Can-almost bet ihai South Africa will send an 'integrated learn' (o try io convince the viewing audience ihat it is an increasingly integrated society, golf remains one of ihe most segregated sporis in South Africa. It is a country where 84 per ceni of its people are black and yet (here is not a single eighteen hole golf course for blacks in all of South Africa in spite of fifty years of appeals by black golfers for equal facilities and oppor tunities." He added ihai "by in sisiing on South Africa's pari icipal ion, ihe USGA is clearly supporiing racism. By neither aciively intervening nor even clari fying its real position in public, the Carier Ad minisiraiion has raised ihe question of its own sincerity on human righis questions overseas. ABC TV has become llv: sr fcvani of ihe South A ncan Government by publiciz ing South Africa's veneered racial laws." In addition to continu ing io target the USGA, the Carter Administra tion, andABG-TV, AC i CESS has called on its thirty coalition member organizaiions to use their influence on the mayor of Pinehursi and the presi dent of the board of the .Pinehursi Country Club io exert pressure on the USGA. If i hey are unable to do this on the basis of the im morality of racism, then perhaps the spectre of demonstrations on their hallowed lawns and in from of their cameras will i provoke these officials lo lexclude the representatives of racist apartheid South Africa from the Eisenhower Cup, AC CESS contends. CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS On October 20, 1980, the City Council will hold a Public Hearing to receive proposals and comments on the 1981-82 Community Development Program. The City expects to receive about $2.3 million for community improvements dur ing that year. City residents and especially those living the St. Theresa, N. AlbrightCalvin St., and Edgemont neighborhoods are en couraged to attend and voice their community heeds. The Public Hearing will begin at 7:30 P.M. in the City Coun cil Chamber at City Hall. For mora Information, contact Evelyn Tice in the City Plann ing Department at 683-4137. By order of the City Council, this the 4 day of October. 1980. Margaret W. Rollins, CMC .City Clerk I l V i t 1 V 1 k : 1 liO President Chats With Students Dr. Stanlav H. Smith. Pratldant nf Shaw llnluarcltu i hmi. "W ---! ww. ww,.. w viivn Wiiiiwi wllF w II w ft II VVII VI wlliy Villi fllUUVIIIf recently it the tntranci of the institutions Student Union Building. Dr. Smith his continually maintained i philosophy that till primary mission of my University Is to meet the needs of its students whija simultaneously preparing them for the future. New! Higher Rates! 2V2-YEAR VARIABLE RATE ACCOUNTS A $500 minimum deposit earns a handsome 12 annual rate (12.75 annual yield) on Home Savings & Loan's 212-Year Variable Rate Accounts. Rate good thru Vcd., Oct 15, 1980. With principal and dividends compounded daily for full 212-year term, $500 matures to $75.31. Federal regulations require a substantial penalty for early withdrawal. Home Savings & Loan also offers high-interest 6-Month Monoy Market Certificates. Visit a convenient Home Savings office soon or call 682 9161 for the latest rates. Opn 9-5 MoorFri. to Mrve you better. h HOME SAVINGS AND LOAN UOCUtlt mm -M ihhiiim Convenient offices in Downtown Durham, Northgate, Lakewood, Chapel Hill and Roxboro. .In Durham call 682-8161 lor mora Information. 1 III , iii L 1 ')
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