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196S and 10 days beiore^auiiversary
of the famous March On Selma, “Bloody
Sunday” it came to be called, in nearby
Alabama 20 years ago.
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prooucea on tne 7»-year history of the
NAACP, were ^jvacuat^But before the
founding oSr icon’s ilitertrii Ju Sts
laily lynchings of Blacks in
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the Constitution of the Uni tecf States* as
and assembly. And these are among^
very rights that the NAACP has secured
for all Americans, including the hund
< reds of supporters of the Metro-Moot
gomery NAACP Branch who were denied
them on February 28,1985.
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Was this cowardly act connected to
Selma’s “Bloody Sunday’’ 20 years ago?
Mrs. Lillian Jacjmm, president of the
Montgomery Branch of the NAACP;
thinks so. "That type of threat coincides ■'
with any activity that works towards
securing human dignity and justice tot
al! Americans. A spate of these sets
occur annually around the anniversary of
the Selma March.’’
Earl T. Shinhoster, regional director
for this area, wantes Alabama’s Gov.
George Wallace to use the power of his
office to return the Constitutional gua
rantees to all of Alabama/
With “deep regret and personal indig- -
nation,” Shinhoster said to Governor
Wallace in a telegram, “I inform you of
the interruption and cancellation of the
Metro-Montgomery Branch NAACP
premiere showing of Tony Brown’s
movie The Longest Struggle’...due to
repeated bomb threats."
"This maria a sad day in the tinning
sony history of race relations in Alabama
and America. Governor Wallace, we are
not afraid; however, we cannot
take lightly the threat of harm to citizens
of this community or the wishes of the
theatre company.” He ended his mes
sage by requesting the governor’s assis
tance in “rescheduling of the film The
Longest Struggle’ to be shown at the
Alabama State General Assembly. We
make this request in full knowledge and
respect for your personal committment
to human Justice for all Americans."
If you wish to file your support to ssk
Governor Wallace to schedule "The
Longest Struggle” in the legislative
chambers for the Alabama State General
Assembly, please write him at the State
Capital, Montgomery, Alabama 36130 or
call at (205)261-3567.
U is most ironic that Mrs. Prances
Hooks, wife of Benjamin Hooks, Execu
tive Director of the NAACP, when she
first saw ’The Longest Struggle,” said:
‘This is a film that every Black person
should see."
This 90-mintite docudrama ( ‘The
movie Hollywood would never make,”
I’m quoted as sayfag), has already
premiered in Oakland and Nashville, and
is scheduled in scores of cities in the
coining months as fund raisers. It will
also be shown in Montgomery, Alabama
— a city where the mayor refuses to meet
with NAACP leaders — when the Consti
tution runs tyranny out of town.
The movie's theme is very appropriate
in this case. It documents the NAACP’s
story of the Black and White Americans
who kept faith in a failing democracy at
a time when the North and the South
moved dangerously dose to anarchy.
TONY BROWN’S JOURNAL TV series
can be seen on public television Sunday,
on channel 42 at S p.m. It can also be seen
on channel 58, Sunday at 6:30p.m. Please
consult listings.
Raleigh g Dream” Coming Friday
Jte -Join Sir Walter Raleigh,
Virginia Dare and Manteo
for a journey into North
Carolina’s beginnings on
Friday, March 8 at 8:15
p.m. with Spirit Square and
the North Carolina Opera’s
production of “Raleigh’s
Dream.”
Tickets are 88 and are
available at the Spirit
Square Box Office, 318 N.
Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C.
28808. Hours are 9 a m.-5
p m., Monday through Sa
turday. Tickets can be or
dered by phone, in person
or by mail. AH major credit
cards are accepted, rick
eU will be held for five
days without payment. To
order tickets call the Box
Office at (704) 374-8883.
"Raleigh’s Dream" was
commissioned and com
pleted by Ian Hamilton and
is an office! part of the
400th Anniversary Cele
bration in North Carolina.
Hamilton was the Mary
Duke Biddle Chair of Music
at Duke University from
The North Carolina
Opera is the touring arm of
1982 to 1978. He was born In
Glasgow, Scotland and has
lived most of his life in
London.
the Charlotte Opera. It was
founded in 1978 as an edu
cational music-theater
company and is now the
largest musical theater
touring company in the
Southeast.
V oknUeers Uemonstraie Hearth Cooking
. On Sunday, March 10,
from 2-4 p. m., volunteers at
the Hezekiah Alexander
Homeeite, 3900 Shamrock
Drive, will demonstrate
open hearth cooking in the
restored log kitchen of the
1774 HezekUh Alexander
This will be the first In a
series of colonial cooking
demonstration* which will
be held the second Sunday
in each month except
April. ,
The Harbison Founda
tion in co-sponsorship
with the Harbison West
Elementary School will
present The Patchwork
Players, an educational
Children’s Theatre .
-Company, on Thursday,
March 14 at 9:30 a.m. The
company will perform
"Around The World With
Jennifer Gee” at the Har
bison West Elementary
School on Crossbow Road
in Columbia.
The play Is about two
best friends, Jennifer Gee
and Timothy Tree. Jenni
fer’s mother has gone on a
business trip around the
world and Jennifer is very
upset about her absence.
Timothy tries to cheer up.
Having no luck, be finds a
trunk Jennifer’s mom has
sent them filled with
goodies from all of the
places her mother has
been. The two friends begin
to act oik different stories
from around the world and
with Timothy’s encourage
ment Jennifer finally be
comes happy again. A
Mexican hat dance and the
Emperors New Clothes are
two of the stories featured.
Angie Branham plays
Jennifer Gee. Ms. Bran
ham is a graduate of the
Columbia College Drama
Department. As well as
being a principal perfor
mer, Angie is the Tour
Manager for The Patch
work Players. .
Andy McAllister re
ceived his BPA from the
University of South Caro
lina. He served an appren
ticeship with the WilUama
town Theatre Festival. He
is in his second season with .
The Patchwork Players.
The Patchwork Players
is in residence at Columbia
College. Genie Eaker Mar
tin is founder and man
aging director. The script
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is written by Catherine
Eaker, professor of speech
and drama at Columbia
College. Original music
and lyrics are by Jack
Turner, an associate mem
ber of The Patchwork
Players.
The one-hour program
costs $1.75 for those not
affiliated with Harbison
West Elementary School.
Group rates are available
for 10 or more and advance
reservations are required
by March IS. „ . jt.
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