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Negro Spiritual is Root of American Music, says Pastor B\ mark r moss Chronicle Suff Writer If American music is looked at as a tree, with each branch repre senting a particular category of music, such as R&B or Jazz, the trunk of that tree would be the Negro spiritual, a prominent, big city minister said recently. "Much of the survival of the African American been anchored in singing the Lord's song in a strange land. said the Rev. Dr. Wyat* T?<. Walker, pastor of Canaan Baptist Church in New York City's Harlem community. Walker, in town last Wednes days to participate in a religion and ethics lecture series at Winston Salem State University* spoke on Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land.' The song the African sang w hen he was brought in chains to this continent became the Negro spiritual. It is the Negro spiritual that tells about the life of the antebellum slave, Walker said. Speaking before about 100 peo ple in the Albert H. Anderson Cen ter Auditorium, Walker said that in order to truly understand the slave experience one has to go to the clos est narrative available ? the Negro spiritual. He said that without look ing at the Negro spiritual, a histori an s account of slavery will not be honest. He said that one of the myths perpetuated by the historians has been that some s laves liked being slaves. 1 "We never did like being slaves," Walker said. In fact, a slave's first act upon reaching Amer ica was trying to escape, and he "usually ended up maimed or killed." Slavery "had the sanctification of organized religion," Walker said. Ministers went down to the dock to bless the ships going to pick up^their "hellish cargo." Christians rationalized slavery by claiming that it was "wrong morally but some good came out of it" - the heathens were Christian ized, Walker said. Although slaves were indoctrinated with the "slave catechism" _=^thy should not stealf" thy should obey thy master - some how they found out what was in the Bible, Walker said. He pointed out that there were more similarities between African tribal religions and Christianity than differences. African religions were neither "polytheistic or animistic" and had a "head start on monothe ism." Walker said that when the African prayed before a tree, it did n't mean that he believed in a tree god. He was praying to one God before the tree because God would give him the strength to make that tree into a canoe which would "enable him to go out and catch fish" to feed his family. He said that at the center of the African-American religious belief is faith and hope. "We believe God can do any thing but fail," he said. He was asked during the ques tion and answer period a question about violence in the African-Amer ican community. Walker replied that segregation did not end because of the courts, but because black people got tired of it. If black people decided to adopt the same approach to vio lence, those problems would no longer plague the black community, lie said. ? * Wyatt Tee Walker spoke at Winston-Salem State last week. Long to Autograph New Book Richard A. Long, Atticus Hay good Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, will autograph his new book. The African-Americans (Random House), at Special Occa sions, 1120 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on Saturday, Nov. 27 from noon to 3 p.m. Long, the author of several major publications including Black Americans and The Black Tradition in American Dance, is a former panelist for the National Endow ment for the Arts and member of the Schomburg Commission among other distinctions. The Fulbright Scholar has served as visiting pro fessor of Linquistics at the Univer sity of North Carolina as well as lecturer in Afro-American studies Richard A. Long at Harvard University. Everyone is invited to meet this distinguished author, educator, scholar, lecturer. Reduce Waste During Holiday Reason While making purchases an& preparations for the oncoming holil days think about reducing waste. Enviro-shopping which is shopping with a concern for the environment - is one very important way to reduce the amount of waste generated. Data distributed by the envi ronmental protection association show that paper and paper board are the greatest percentage (41 percent) ?Buy lighter versions of prod ucts. Compare the amount of pack aging to the product. Avoid contain ers made of mixed materials. ? Buy recycle materials. No material is truly recycled until it is brought back into productive use in manufacturing and production. ?Minimize toxic waster to do this substitute. Substitute less toxic commercial products or make your HOME ECONOMICS By JoAnn J. Falls of waste by weight in the municipal waste stream. Food consist o; 7.9 percent and plastic consist of 6.5 percent. Although plastic and glass have been used by consumers more since 1960, the percentage of plastic and glass in landfills has not increased due to the lightweight and the recycling possibilities of these product. Think about these things be -j making holiday purchases: ?Is the item needed? ?Think about what will happen to the product or package after its no longer needed. ?Think about possibilities of how the wrapper or package can be recycle or reused. ?Buy fresh rather than prepack aged fruits and vegetables. own less toxic cleaning. Materials iwMCu home remedies. ?Plan for recyclability, both in design and material choice. As you receive gifts and make purchases this holiday season, think of ways to recycle the wrapper. ?Reuse wrapping paper for other packages or make a collage picture for the wall. rv ;<trr.v- r : fV .van hangings. waste bask^a and tote bags. There are various craft ideas for making items out of dis cards from the Cooperative Exten sion Service and craft shops. Cardboard boxes can always be recycled, reused or covered with decorative paper or fabric scrapes and used as organizers. "Light Up A Life" //ospiee of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Inc., in conjunction with Dillard's of Hanes Mall, invite you to "Light Up A Life " by sharing the joy of remembrance and honoring someone special. 7he remembrance tree, decorated with ornaments commemorating the life of a loved one, will be located in Dillard's at Hanes Mall during the holiday season With a memorial gift of $10.00 or more, you can place an ornament in memory- of or in honor of someone special. For a donation of $40.00 or more, you can place a commemorative handmade porcelain bell on the tree in memory of a loved one. Each bell, inscribed with your loved one's name, will be yours after the holidays to keep and hang on your own Christmas tree next year. >our contribution will help us continue the many services that make Hospice truly special. All "Light Up A Life* tree donations are used for non-operational, patient-related services. For more information, call Beth Braxton at 768-3972, or complete this form and mail it to Hospice of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Inc. ? 1 100-C South Stratford Road ? Winston-Salem, NC 27103 " J* This gift of remembrance is from: (Please make checks payable to Hospice of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Inc.) Dr/Mr./Mn./Ms. Phone # Address City Stale I wish to have a special ornament placed on the Light Up A Life tree 'in memory or 'in honor' of (please circle) this loved one: Name Enclosed is a gift in the amount of: $10.00 ? ? MasterCard ? 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