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Phoenix: A
To A Race A
by Rudy Anderson
Staff Writer
The official unvailing of the
fantastic mural "Phoenix" by
Glenda K. Wharten was held
Sundav. October 3rd at the
Dungeon Club after numerous
misunderstandings and delays.
Over 300 people attended
the gala celebration of black
1 accomplishments, including
representatives of the Hanes
Foundations.
At the introduction of
"muralist" Glenda K. Wharton,
the audience gave her a
well deserved standing ovation.
In his introduction of her,
Dungeon Club, Inc. President
and owner, Rodney Sumler,
gave some background in the
naming of the club. He said,
4'It was a negative term,
meaning imprisonment or
confinement. We chose that
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wanted to symbolically
point out the problems in the
black community."
He called the mural a
definite asset for the com.
munity at large.
Miss Wharton saia, as sne
stood rather shyly before the
audience, that she had chosen
Phoenix as the name of the
mural because, "I have
always treasured the beauty in
the symbol of the immortal
ancient Egyptian bird."
She said farther, "The bird
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burns itself and. rises (
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pyre, its ashes. This symboliz- 1
es more than anything in the
world my vision of my ^
heritage, present, and the
premonition of my future."
The Phoenix vividly shows
these time periods, the quest
of the black people's ancestral
life and death cycle. "Like the
Phoenix, my people rise from
their ashes immortal and
invincible," she said.
Miss Wharton missed
nearly three weeks of school at
Corcoran School of Art in
Washington, D.C. to stay here
at home to finish the
masterpiece.
The cost of the work was
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by Rudy Anderson
StaffWriter I
Under considerable fire
rom blacks and both the
Republican and. Democratic
>arty, former Secretary of
Agriculture Earl L. Butz
esigned his cabinet post
tfonday. I
According to Rolling
> tones, Butz reportedly said
hat there were only three
hings "coloreds" wanted, "a
ight p?, lose shoes, and a
varm place to s? .
In a press conference, called
expressly for that purpose, an
mcomfortable Butz apologized
for having made the
offensive remarks and said
that his remarks made in a
private conversation" in no
way reflected his true
reelings" about blacks.
Black leaders here were
totally outraged by Butz'
statements. Richard Davis,
city alderman from the North
Ward, said, "It's the most
deroeatorv thine I've ever
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heard of a racist nature
coming from a person in such
a high office." He said
further, "It indicates to me
more and more that there is a
lot yet to be done in terms of
race relations in this country."
Carl Russell, alderman of
the Northeast Ward, said it
was an unfortunate statement.
"That may be what some
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Dr. Jerry Drayton
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blacks want and it may be
what some whites want also,
or any other ethnic group. But
he included an entire race,"
he said. Russell said he could
not understand why the
President had given him such
high praise when he accepted
his resignation. He said, "I
once welcomed Butz here as
Mayor Pro Tern, but I didn't
New People
Group Gets
Last week, leaders of the
Hiird Century Priorities Com
nittee announced its plans to
e vitalize community solidar- '
ty and cooperation in the
roming years.
ind Mrs. James Ralph Scales,
:o-chairmen of the group, held
a press conference and said
for its first affair the keynote
speaker would be Mrs.
Coretta Scott King, wife of the
slain civil rights leader, Dr.
Martin Lutehr King, Jr.
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Richard Davis
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Dr. Patterson
...should be pitied
know how he felt about blacks
at the time. What I saw was
,'the other side of his dual
personality. Now I wonder
how fine a man he really is."
Rev. Jerry Drayton, pastor
at New Bethel Baptist Church,
said, "Our race has been'
marie fun of for so lonff
without any reaction from the
public. I'm glad that we've
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's Rights
Underway
Mrs. King is scheduled to
speak October 10, 1976, in the
Benton Convention Center at 4
p.m. Her topic will be "Now
and the Coming 100 Years:
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Community."
M??f V onno/lif ret A tKn
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commuice reu u wouia oe
fitting for'Mrs. King to be the
group's first guest. She
described her as a "strong
woman, an able woman, a
woman who can re-imbue us
with the tenants of charity,
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