Chronicle Profil Lowery: By AUDREY L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writer Joseph Lowery: an unsung hei Over 20 years ago, the 71-ye family for a summer evening outi popular Music at Sunset. The wasn't welcomed. "We thought it would be nice t< remembering when blacks were events. In his will, William Neal Reyn county, requested that no blacks Lowery didn't know that. "We sat down," says Lowery c what would be a g^ri^s aft vham, i f icers slatted, meande?4nf-aronmi ed us to leave." From there, a public outcry b< tions arose about the fairness of a public park. Because he says he was knos more affluent and powerful whil expressing concern over what hi in Tanglewood Park. After beir Oriental and his famtly^were adi blem. "Nothing in the paper said th< Lowery. "We weren't trying t salesman sold me the tickets. "They were very apologetic,' rassing." The next year, Music at Suns< sion and after more than 20 y Tanglewood. Acquire skills, ai COLUMBUS, Ohio -Perseverence and acquiring required skills are the keys to overcoming remaining obstacles for full economic participation, an officer of a major U.S. corporation told about 1,000 attendees at the first Governor's Minority Business Conference here. Marshall B. Bass, vice president of R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc., delivered the keynote address to the gathering of minority and women suppliers at the Sheraton Columbus Plaza. The conference was sponsored by the Ohio Department of Development's Small and Developing Business Division. Bass said there are three business requirements that must be met by vendors who want to sell to a major corporation. "The first requirement is quality goods." Bass said. "Rest assured if you are building a better mousetrap, you are going to be able to sell it to major companies because they are in .* . . i . Dusiness 10 maKe quamy products." Bass also indicated that timely delivery and competitive pricing were essential in order to compete. "Businesses must make a return on their investment dollars," Bass said. "And they cannot unless they can make timely delivery of their own products and can competitively price thepi- Thai mpms John Jacob NMHMIMNIIIMIIIIIIIMtlllllllllllllllllllllllimilllllH given "special interests" is brought to us by the same people that try to change the word ' conservative" from something that stood for stability and patriotism into something that stands for greed and narrow nationalism. It comes from the same people who try to redefine poverty in such a way as to exclude poor people who get in-kind benefits like subsidized housing and Medicaid. It comes from many of the same poeple that label affirmative action's goals as "quotas" and attempts to desegregate America as "reverse discrimination." If we keep on this path we'll wind up calling war peace, poverty affluence, and oppres e He just wante ro? lar-old retired educator took his ng to listen to Tanglewood Park's only problem was that Lowery o go and hear the music," he says, excluded from "public" social olds, who donated the land to the be allowed to use the area. explaining the events that led up to ^They f i " ?gan on Lowery's behalf and questhe will that excluded blacks from vn by several of Winston-Salem's te families, an editorial was written ad happened that summer evening ig asked to leave, says Lowery, an rutted inside the park with no pro? concert was for 'white only,' says o set any precedence. The ticket ' he says, "but it was very embar?t was moved to the Graylyn manears, the concert has returned to V udience told I 'F JM^KI m\^MHK >"V;.i85 ^?? Marshall Bass whose pricing meets their cost requirements." Bass, whose own company purchased more than $82 million in guous cinu services i rum minority vendors in 1983, also outlined three skills minority and women vendors need to fully participate in the marketplace. "First, is a knowledge about how to do business with major companies," he said. Bass recommended formal d education or on-the-job experience to obtain the technical knowledge and personal skills I necessary to know how to work with a large purchasing department. Second, Bass told the au- I From Page A4 lamiiiiiiHiiiiiiniuNiiNiiiimiiiiimiiNNiiuHi sion freedom. This- is 1984, and George Orwell's famous * book of the same name depicted a society whose language was 4 4 New speak" ? |J consisting of just the perversions of meaning 1 have discussed here. une way 10 assure inai trie fictional 1984 doesn't become reality is to insist on recapturing the integrity of those load- 3 ed phrases whose meaning is being distorted today. And the place to start is by reclaiming "special interest" M as a term depicting private greed and not the broad-based groups fighting to make 3 American work for all its pcopie. I John Jacob is president of the \ationai I rhan i. eague. d to hear the m And the statement in the will excludii says Lowery. ''People were telling me 1 should sue, terested in suing. 1 was interested in ha Fun to Lowery, who shares his statel with his wife, Grace, is listening to mui "1 love symphony," he says. "1 lose j of it. Sometimes 1 even try to dance. "What's that music you listen to now like that, too. I listen to Michael Jack "Thriller. I'm receptive." Born and raised in Winston-Salem, elementary classes in Pender County ant Salem and worked in the local school sy t A"!/1 I v/3. He is chairman of the scholarship c< iJVaL Fr^r^ity 'n - which awarded cl -you*iv, ircasttfcr- of ihe Columbia HeUniversity Alumni Association and is Zion Baptist Church. A champion for historically black insl seven years as president of the Nation Black Colleges. What happened 20 years ago is as vr but it's his work in the classroom he tr "People have always known me as ai boys and girls that I taught, they'll see my fifth-grade teacher.' "I enjoyed children," Lowery says enough to go back into teaching." Like most people during their youth, "My ambition was to be a physician wanted to go college the Depression stri to study." However, he worked four years unti go attend Winston-Salem Teachers Cc State University). It o ...... u o u iv^iA^ v oo J3M AB * > JM jfl s Asy., ... > ^^^1 :::: :'js^^::::: ^jBjl^^l^**'' ' fl B^"': W ^vvAv/X'/.y/ix''<"; ; -is?si^&i: ^?v:i8fci:fc %fe, ... i^| ; :'; v||jk|^^|^/> .. :: :;vx ^HhHh|v Wh > mmsj^F-i r * Warning: The Surgeon General H That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerou i T ? HH ig blacks has been deleted, " he says, "but I wasn't inving fun that day*" |H y East Fourth Street home sic -- any kind of music, azz. I love bepop. I love all Lowery taught contained later returned to Winston'stem until his retirement ommittee of of Omega Psi ose to $3,000 this year f5- w r ' ights Wins ton-Salem State an active member of Mt. itutions, Lowery served for al Alumni Association for hF^ vid to Lowery as yesterday, tost often eludes to. n educator," he says. "The me now and say, 'That was , "and 1 still do, but not jr Joseph Lowery , Lowery had ambition. (photo by Jamc ," he says. "But the year 1 ick; therefore, I wasn't able "I don't regret ' contributions by I 1 he got the opportunity to Tanglewood integi allege (now Winston-Salem "It's been rewai having faith and t % ou've got wh e |^^J| p H V J| Share the spirit the refreshment mmm hsi. BB ^^^PF^ep*p||BJ^^p6 W^Wf -'^m fl ^B ^B wgj JBHHHHB BBBB ^ ~* he Chronicle, Thursday, July 19, 1984-Page A7 ? m k< ^H 44tm > ^L* V*|P^ $? ' ' *"* JMBBEBA I -9y:'' >":? r ^^grfjgil7*' jga * . . -k-* ^ V i " ' : u.' ?.* ^ti. ^Hl ^^*h?2&? ' v'*JJ ^^^^ P^3|jHMUp^i& : All he wanted was an evening in the park !8 Parker). *hat I have done," says Lowery. "I made many Telping the young boys and girls. I helped get ated. ding. Life has been beautiful. It all comes from rust in the Master." J at It takes. W mtKm mKrn ?.. * E^^tf&L . . *.*%&#;# 1^*. . WIIWHE^Wj|^g^;:;?^ TWfto- ?? ^^^^B^^^^BiBMiil^K*i*w>iiMn.iiiVi?'i?'' W^- J?3^BSHr ggW|Sffi^x_>> -'< **->