Farrakhari Says
Are the 'Chosen of God'
By DAVE) L. DILLARD
Ckroniclt Staff Writer
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the
Nation of Islam, was i a rue form
Saturday night as he told blacks
they are God's chosen people. Far
rakhan spoke before a mostly Mack
crowd of nearly 3,500 people at the
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial
Coliseum and told Jewish leaders to
"Let my people go."
"Jews are not the chosen of
God," he said. "The black man and
black woman of America are the
chosen of God today."
In a two-hour speech, he used
biblical scripture to point out slav
ery and why blacks and oppressed
people were deprived of their free
dom.
"He (God) permitted us to
become slaves," he said. 'It's diffi
cult to question the wisdom of
God."
Farrakhan also expressed bis
disappointment with black leaders
and black college administrators for
not being present and preventing bis
followers from selling tickets on'
campus.
Farrakhan, once a student a
Winston-Salem State University,
particularly expressed his disap
pointment that school WSSU
administrators were not present
"1 say to you tonight that the
time of handkerchief 'head, sell-outs
of our people is over," he said, "You
can't administrate if we won't let
you."
The 60-year-old Muslim leader
recently published his first book, A
Torchlight for America, where he
offers calls for spiritual leaders from
all faiths and races to meet with
President Clinton and government
officials to address the country's
economic and social ills.
In May, Farrakhan performed
the "Mendelssohn Violin Concerto"
at Christ Universal Temple in
Chicago with the multiracial and
muMfaith New World Orchestra.
Farrakhan has made two recent
public addresses in the Triad. In
November 1990, he spoke to an
Minister Louis Farrakhan
audience of approximately 6,500 in
Greensboro's Corbett Sports Arena.
In April 1992, Farrakhan came to
Winston-Salem's Benton Conven
tion Center, speaking to a gathering
of nearly 4,000 people on behalf of
the Winston-Salem Four.
Winston-Salem Native Returns Home
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To Sing in Upcoming Opera, "La Boheme"
By DAVID L. DJDLLARD
Chronicle Suff Writer
Several actors have been dili
gently rehearsing for the upcoming
performances of Giacomo Puccini's
"LaBoheme."
Among tnem stands Derrick
Lawrence, a 6-foot, 250-pound
Winston-Salem native who chose to
flex his muscles on stage instead of
on the gridiron. __j
"They gave me a hard time at
Carver (High School)," said the for- ~
mer defensive lineman, who
stopped playing football his junior
year. "I never told anyone I was tak
ing voice lessons. I didn't want to be
picked on."
Lawrence, 26, has been singing
all his life, stemming from his child
hood influence with his grand
mother, Edna Covington, who used
to direct the choir at Bethlehem
Baptist Church.
School of the Arts, Lawrence stod
ied voice for two years under Vivian
King Bright, and it changed his life.
"I used to sing songs off the
radio," he said. "Then 1 went to her,
and my voice changed in three
months." .
Lawrence, a trained opera and
? classical singer, said singing is just
as physical as football, and he works
equally as hard.
"Most people don't realize that
singing is very physical," Lawrence
said. "It doesn't come from the
throat; you use your whole body."
Lawrence has showcased his
bass-baritone voice at several opera
festivals across the country and per
formed his recital debut in 1988 at
Perce 11 Hall in London.
In "LaBohemc," Lawrence
plays a philosopher named Colline,
who sells his most prized possession
to help buy medicine for a suffering
friend.
"It's very human; real down to
earth," he said. "Everyone should
come and see it, because it relates to
so many things that are happening
in real life." ? ' .
"LaBoheme" opens Friday at 8
p.m., with performances Sunday at
3 p.m and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. All
Center.
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wrote. "I am #ware of hotydHHF
this has angered, hurt and eifSbar
rassed people in AT&T ? particu
larly our African-American associ
ates and their families. . . . Finally,
while the staff of Focus magazine
takes full responsibility for the illus
tration, the illustrator is not an
AT&T employee but a freelance
artist hired by our design firm."
Burke Stinson, an AT&T
spokesman, said the drawing was
done by New York freelance illus
? trator Michael Moran, who gave the
illustration
mm& New York-based fbmthat designs
ATATs publication.
"The art director apparently
didn't see it or was not troubled by
it," Stinson said. "We're taking steps
now in this very emotional process
(to correct the problem V ~
Stinson said the publication has
fired the illustrator, but that no
* action has been taken against
AT&T's editorial board. He said
there are four minorities on the
publication's staff.
"I am embarrassed," he said. '1
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national AP exam
credit or advanced;^
lege. Nationally, only t
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. Teachers at Whitakei
sponsoring a Parent Invo
Chapel Baptist Church f
from their satellite srii^!
obtain autogrs))Ml$i$i|
cheerleaders and Winston
athletes. There will be a si
know the people
there, and it does
n't reflect anyone's
attitude, but it
shows how slop
piness in the edi
torial process can
create an embar
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According to Standard Direc
tory of Advertisers, a standard
advertising and marketing guide,
AT&T is a $63 billion company.
The company spent between $300
and $400 million on television,
radio and newspaper advertising.
Over the first quarter of this year,
the company spent $92 million in
advertising, with $28 million spent
in daily newspapers. Through all of
last year, the company only spent
$24,000 advertising in black-owned
media. Through August of this year,
it had spent $9,000 in black-owned
media. - _
While AT&T brushes the draw
ing off as "negligence" from the
magazine editors, the NAACP says
it's more than just a faux pas. In a
letter to AT&T Chairman and CEO
Robeft Allen, Peeler wrote: "The
"(North Carolina) NAACP is truly
, appalled at tfie humiliating and
offensive way AT&T has chosen to
depict persons in Africa. This bla
tant insensitivity to racial diversity
would be ludicrous if it was not for
the fact that this magazine has been
used as a global platform to covertiy
express racial biases and to nega
tively stereotype Africans and peo
ple of African descent."
While AT&T officials debates
whether to drawTfational attention
by making a public apology, the
NAACP continues to press AT&T
by calling for the boycott.
"We're making sure they are
aware not only of employees but
also that consumers are concerned
and (discontinuing AT&T's service)
is the most dramatic way for the
people to tell them," said Kelly
Alexander, state NAACP president.
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Blacks Angered -
of threats on hit life. On Sept. 13, Judge
William Z. Wood Jr. placed Doby, 23, on
supervised probation for five years.
1 had been receiving reports from numer
ous sources, including inmates at (Raleigh's)
Central Prison," that Doby's life was in dan
ger, Rabil said.
He said it was important to keep Doby
alive because his testimony might be needed if
any of the defendants' appeals are granted.
One of the defendants, Ricky Eugene Knight,
29, filed for appeal a week after he was con
victed in May, Rabil said.
Stoner's body was found near Washington
Park in May 1992 with several stab wounds
and a deep gash in his chest. His penis had
been, severed and stuffed in his mouth. The
three assailants are white; Stoner was black.
Rabil said that another factor in his deci
sion to ask for a lighter sentence was that
vJ>pby *at f* fforofl* to come forward with
? ?> aD piwvtnt wymg, ana mat ne did
so without a lawyer.
Betides Knight, Doby's confession led
Winston-Salem detectives to arrests of James
Andrew Gilbert, 24, and Mark Anthony
Smith, 12. All were charged with first-degree
u - murder. r
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Knight, but he pled guilty to second-degree
murder on Aug. 31.
Doby testified that he was only a witness
to the attack.
Rabil said Doby had served nearly 16
months in the Forsyth County jail and was
about to enter the state prison system, when he
asked the court to re-consider his sentence.
Rabil said that prison officials told him that
Doby wouldn't be released from prison until
1997, and that they refused to consider the
threats to his life and the help he had provided
in solving the case.
However, an official with the N.C. Parole
Commission said that Doby's case may have
come before them within 60 days of his incar
ceration. And, he may have been released
shortly thereafter. For a 10-year sentence, a
person can become eligible for parole after
serving one-eighth of the time, the official
said. The amount of time he served in the
county jail would have made him eligible for
parole.
Rabil said Doby's five-year supervised
probation is harsher in some respects, because
if Doby commits the slightest infraction -
from a misdemeanor to violating his parole -
he could be returned to prison.
"He's on the street, but he's supervised.'
Rabil said. "There are a lot of conditions."
One of those is that he get a job and
report on a regularly to his probation officer.
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AFRICAN American Cultural School Begins
Its Third Tear of Instruction
From a mere concept and five visionaries* The
Kemet School of Knowledge has emerged into a full
fledjged operation of some 30 volunteer staff, teachers
ana other support persons. Now beginning its third
year, the weekend, non-profit, non sectarian, African
American community-based school of cultural enlight
enment in Winston-Salem is still going strong, says
director Alton B. Pollard, III, one of the school's five
founders.
The Kemet School holds its classes from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. two Saturdays a month at Emmanuel Baptist
church on Shalimar Drive. Classes for the first semester
will run October 2, 1993 through December 18, 1993
and will focus on the affirmation of the African-Ameri
can family
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This year's kick-off will be held Saturday, September
25 at 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and will feature Cain Hope
Felder, an Afrocentrlc Bible Scholar as guest spesk
er, In conjunction with Emmanuel
Baptist Churdh. For more Infor
* mation or to rs^jistorin
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Please contact Phyllis Bule-Cole
at 788-1369 or
WUla rd Bsss st 765-1489 ?
Larry Womble
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