16 THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., DECEMBER 6, 1980
BROKER, BROADCASTER AND BROADWAY STAR HEAD "GO TELL IT"
NEW YORK The presi
dent of a black-owned in
surance brokerage firm, the
board chairman of seven radio
stations and a versatile TV and
Broadway star appear on the
next telecast of "Go Tell
It. ..Ben Hooks Reports," the
second program in the second
season of Post-Newsweek Sta
tions' public affairs series that
is being aired by 70 stations
throughout the U.S.
Hosted by Benjamin
Hooks, Executive Director of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, the critically
acclaimed, award winning
series explores and profiles
positive aspects in the lives and
careers of blacks from all
walks of life in this country.
Mrs. Ernesta G. Procope is
president, chief executive of
ficer and the founder of E.G.
Bowman, Inc., the largest
black-owned insurance
brokerage company in the
U.S. with nearly 40 of the For
tune 500 among its clients.
After 25 years of conducting
business in Brooklyn's
Bedford-Stuyvesant district,
she built E.G. Bowman into a
full service firm, establishing it
as the first black-owned com
pany to claim a prestigious
Wall Street address.
A member of the boards of
Avon Products, The Chubb
Corporation, Columbia Gas
System, the Urban National
Corporation and Cornell
University, she discusses her
professional life and her drive
to the top as one of the most
outstanding businesswomen in
the country.
Percy Sutton is chairman of
the board of Inner City Borad
casting, which has as its
nucleus seven radio stations,
including WBLS, the New
York city outlet with the
largest listenership in the U.S.,
and Dtfroit's WLBS. "Go
Tell It" visits these two sta
tions and discusses with Mr
Sutton the difficulties en
countered by blacks in achiev
ing ownership is the radio and
television industry.
The former Manhattan
Borough president, who
demands that quality be an in
tegral part of everything done
by his stations, also stresses
the necessity of blafeks owning
media and trianing young peo
ple to carry on the manage
ment of these vehicals.
Ten years ago, Ms. Debbie
Allen was a dancer from Texas
who packed her bags and went
to New York to pursue a
career in the performing arts.
The dancer-singer-actress
landed her first big role in the
musical "Raisin," followed by
stints in "The Wiz" and
"Ain't Misbehavin'." Mos
recently, she received a Tony
Nomination for her portrayal
of Anita in the Broadway
revival of "West Side Story."
Also seen in the television
series "Three Girls Three"
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and "Roots," she appeared as
a co-star in Ben Vereen
special. Ms. Allen's message
to "Go Tell It" viewers is that
"Anyone who wishes to suc
ceed in anything must, keep
striving, never forgetting to
keep a sense of
humor especially about him
self." "Go Tell It" is sponsored
nationally by Scott Paper,
Bristol-Myers, Pepsi-Cola and
General Mills. Each of the six
half-hour programs in the
series is broadcast once every
two months. "Go Tell It" is
produced by Post-Newsweek
Productions in conjunction
with WDIV, the PNS outlet in
Detroit.
"Go Tell It...With Ben
Hooks" will appear Saturday
December 13, at 7:00 pm on
WRAL-5.
A Fighting Chance
Both the streets and the
young people around here
could be a bit safer if an
idea that occurred to a
couple of cops in New York
City spreads. After suggest
ing to the leaders of two
rival street gangs that they
settle their differences by
boxing, police officers
George Hankins and George
Pearson decided to help save
a youth center that was
helping save a lot of youth
from life on the streets.
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Young boxing hopefuls
and other budding athletes
have a refuge from the
streets in a youth center.
They bought a building
for $15,000 and while they
could make the down pay
ment from their savings,
they were hard-pressed for
the rest. ,
Fortunately, they got the
money from mony, Mutual
of New York, the nation's
12th largest insurance com
pany. The company also
gave legal advice, books and
furniture to the center,
named Fort Apache in New
York's South Bronx. The
center has helped some 450
youngsters learn boxing,
karate, modern dance, cook
ing and other useful skills.
One result of the efforts to
save the center could be seen
at the 1980 Golden Gloves
boxing tournaments. Two
of the winners were mem
bers of the center. It's
a project that could be pur
sued almost anywhere in
America and help give
more' of our young people a
fighting chance.
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