6 THE CAROLINA TIMES-SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1982
James Baldwin To Give Martin Luther King Lecture
CHAPEL HILL
James Baldwin, novelist,
essayist and playwright,
will give the sixth annual
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Memorial Lecture on
Tuesday, October 19, at
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The free, public lec
ture will begin at 8 p.m.
in Memorial Hall. It is
sponsored by the Univer
sity Committee, on
Established Lectures,
Baldwin not only hds
the reputation as one of
America's finest writers
but also has received in
ternationalrecognition as a leader .. and
spokesman of the civil
rights movement.-
He calls himself a
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witness to that move
ment and has spoken to
numerous ; ' audiences,
urging recognition of the
rights of all. In connec
tion with this, he served
as a member of the na
tional advisory board.
Congress on Racial
Equality.
Baldwin is the author
of 16 books and co-author-of
three others.
He is currently woncing
on a book based on the
slayings of 28 black
youths in Atlanta and
Wayne Williams, : who
was convicted on charges
relating to two of the
killings.
Go Tell It On The
Mountain, one of his
most' famous novels,
describes the religious
xn version of a 14-year-Dld
Harlem boy and is
partly autobiographical.
The story is told with
flashbacks that
dramatize the sins and
suffering of the boy's
ancestors.
Baldwin's feelings
about black-white rela
tionships : in the United
States and abroad are
analyzed in a group of
essays collected in Notes
of a Native Son.
His first play, "The
Amen Corner," con
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his identity, his need to
' discover his own being
and the individuality of ,
his salvation. It has been
performed on
Broadaway and in
Europe and the Near
East since its first pro
duction at Howard
University. i
Baldwin's other books
include Giovanna's
Room, Nobody Knows
My Name, The' Fire. Next
Time, Blues For Mister
Charlie and Going to
Meet the Man. Two of
the books he has co
authored are A Rap on
Race with Margaret
Mead and Dialogue with
Nikki Giovanni.
Among the many
honorary doctorates,
recognition awards and
literary honors Baldwin
has received are a
Eugene F. Saxton
Memorial Trust Award,
a Rosenwald Fellowship
and a Ford Foundation
Grant-in-Aid. He is also
a member of the Na
tional Institute of Arts
and Letters.
This year, the Dial
Press, which published
all 19 of Baldwin's
books, announced the
James Baldwin Prize.
This award will be given
at irregular intervals by
the publisher to new or
previously unrecognized
black writers of unusual
talent.
During his visit to
UNC-CH, Baldwin will
work with classes in
English and Afro-
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American studies as well
as present the King Lec
ture. The Martin Luther
King, Jr. Memorial Lecture-
was established in
September 1977 to
"commemorate the lives
and work of. those who
have dedicated their
anergies to fostering the
concepts of human rights
and dignity" . and to
"provide a forum for
serious examination and
discussion df those con
cepts."
Other King Memorial
Lecturers have been Ver
non E. Jordan; Jr., then
president of the National
Urban League; the Rev.
Martin Luther King, Sr.;
former U.N. Am
bassador Andrew
Young; the. Rev. Jesse
Jackson, director of
Operation PUSH; and
Judge A. Leon Higgin
botham of the U.S.
Court of Appeals in
Philadelphia.
Ms. Jackson Crowned
Miss South Carolina St
ORANGEBURG,
S.C. Miss Susar
Jackson, a senior major
ing in business ad
ministraion, was crown--ed
Miss South Carolina
State College 1982-83 by
outgoing queen, Miss
Loretta Goodwin of
HbpkitjsT?'The corona-tion;was-
hefd in Smith-Hammond-Middleton
Memorial Center on the
campus. Miss Jackson is
a cheerleader and is in
volved in the cooperative
education program, the
Freshman Orientation
Committee and is a
member of the Truth
Hall Club. She is also a
Presidential Scholar.
Miss Jackson's
oarents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph L. Jackson, now
"live in P:!r?y Rarh. Fla.
Her first auouia;
Miss Harriet Roland, a
senior English education
major from Orangeburg.
She is a member of
Alpha Kappa Mu Na
tional Honor Society,
the National bean's List,
Sigma Tau Delta Na
tional English Honor
Society, the South
Carolina Council of
Teachers of English, the
NAACP, Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority and New Mount
7ion Baptist Church.
The two-time Ralph
vIcGill Award winner
pent the summer intern
ing at the Charlotte
Observer newspaper in
Charlotte, NC.
Miss Roland's parent
are the Reverend and'
Mrs. Harold Roland of
Orangeburg.
The second attendant
to the newly crowned
quenU Miss- -Valeria
Frazier, anjor najor
ing in business educa
tion. She is active on
campus in the Collegiate
Concert Choir, the
NAACP, the Student
Alumni Relations
Organization, the
Freshman Orientation
Committee and the
Williams Hall Club.
Miss Frazier, is the
daughter of Mrs. Diana
Frazier of Hartsyille.
The festivities'were in
troduced by Larry j
Spruill and Reggie
Russell. The queen was
honored by the queens of
the campus organiza
tions and their escorts as
well as queens from sur
rounding colleges. The
SCSC Dancers provided
entertainment and both
Edward Johnson -and
Dwayne Sutton serenad-d-lhe
court with vocal
selections.
Miss Brandi Waymer,
daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. William W.
Waymer of Orangeburg
was flower girl. Wesley
Scott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Scott of
Neeces was royal crown
and scepter bearer.
A reception for those
participating in the pro
gram followed the
ceremony. The. evening
gala was concluded wilh
a ball.
Ms. Jackson
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