African American Prepares For First Flight Bernard A. Harris, Jr., 36, *M.D . will make his first flight the U.S. Space Shuttle CoiumbtM. in hue Tebruan . to con duct experiments exploring the ; behavior of humans, living organ isms and materials. I';" The Space Shuttle flight, desig nated STS'55. is scheduled to be > ?launched from the Kennedy Space t Center (KSC), Fla. The mission is I planned for nine days with a landing KSC. *XvT Columbia, the flagship of the - Shuttle fleet, uill make its 14th voy -Jige into Earth orbit earning a crew -t>f seven, including two German ? # ? Vpayload specialists. The primary v*y load i> Spacelab D2, names for the second Shuttle mission dedi cated to Germany. Spacelab is a ' selt -contained. space-based research laboratory carried inside the Shut tle's 60-foot-long cargo bay. The crew will be divided into two teams, red and blue, so that sci ence operations can be performed around the clock. Harris, selected as an astronaut in Januarx 1990. was born in Tem ple. Texas He graduated from Sam Houston High School in San Anto nio in 1974, received a bachelor's degree in biology from the Uniycr sit\ of Houston in 1978 and ? received a doctorate of medicine from Texas Tech School on Medi cine in 1982. Harris completed a residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in 1985, completed a National Harris joined NASA in 1 9S"\ Research Council Fellowship at serving as a clinical surgeon and NASA's Ames Research Center of flight surgeon at the Johnson Space Medicine at Brooks Air Flight Base Center until his selection 'a* an in San Antonio in 1988. astronaut. Visionary Art Greensboro \rtist Vandorn Hin nant (left) and Linda Brown view work by artist Juanita Rogers at the Diggs Gallery exhibit at Win ston-Salem State University. "Ashe: Improvisation and Recy cling in African-American Vision ary Art" will be on display through March 29. s Black History Symposium Sponsored The third Annual Black History Symposium sponsored by the N.C. Slate Association of Black Social workers will he held on Saturday in Greensboro. The symposium, "Our Rich African-American Legacy in Social Welfare: Preserving Our Past f or Future Reference." will begin at 10 a.m. in C iihhs Hall at NC A & T State Lniscrsity. Small breakout groups -will, tociu on early black social workers in North Carolina and learning help ful tips on preserving your family, organizational records an artifacts. The Keynote address will be delivered by Audrey E. Johnson of the School of Social Work at UNC Chapel Hill. Representatives of fraternities, sororities, churches, agency direc tors, principals and teachers, masons, eastern stars and other pro fessional organizations are encour aged to attend. ? The cost of the symposium is S10. For more information contact Deborah Thompson 727-8305 or 788-6204. r We Have a Career I v Waiting for Yoil! Forsyth Tech will accept entering students for spring quarter in the following programs: AAS degree Accounting Administrative Office Technology Banking & Finance Business Administration Horticulture Marketing & Retailing Law Enforcement Microcomputer Systems Technology, Vocational diploma Auto Mechanics Welding (part-time) Certificate Clerical Processing Customer Service Microcomputing Many programs offer both day and evening classes. Special credit and pretechnical courses are also available. You are encouraged to contact Forsyth Tcch even if yonr desired program is not listed. Spring Quarter Begins March 2 Call 919-123-0371 ext. 253 FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE MIST BEHAVI "lift IvtyWriceflrufSity11 QfteO'Ty voice and sing, Wealth mfliwtoi ring, With tfk ftmorties qfDSerUft Jtfow rejoicing rise JftfjfiQStdc list nitty -^r tetitimuruflmfas tie roflmgsea. SingasongJuCfof tkjaiid tfiat tk (k^past fas taught u$; Singaso^JM'iftfklkpediattfiepresentfmSwiyfit us; fatty tk rising mofourm) day 6egun, Jkusmwtimfflvictotyis'tioii. Written by James Welclon Johnson and set to music by his brother, Rosamond. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was known for decades as the Negro National Anthem It was first performed on January 12,-1900 by SCO school children at a celebration for Abraham Lincoln's birthday. In the years that followed the school children continued to sing the Aruhem. And when sOTTie of them becamc teac hers, they taught it to their pupils. In less thn? ' ;i!\ s. the moving words and stirring music of this Anthem were being sung throughout the South, as weft as other parts of the country Today, It still .. .. r promise and perseverance. R J Reynolds salutes and supports Aftlc^Ameicans in their quest for a bright future. 1 ?