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C^jarlom $o»t Thursday, April 20, 1989 ENES with Lisa Collins CoAy Cornelius LaJBelle Jscl*** Soul Train Award#—A Smash: Don Cornelius' Third Annual Soul Train Awards proved to be the season's b^st award show fea turing live and In person Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Murphy, Patti LaBelle, New Edition, Bobby Brown, Lou Gossett, Heather Locklear, Sheena Easton and more. Once again, the awards went off without a hitch. The night's big winners in cluded Anita Baker with three awards including Best R&B single (female), as well £is album of the year (female). The night's honor- ee Micheal Jackson walked away with two Including best R&B single, (male). Other winners included E.U. (Best R&B group or band); A1 B. Sure (Best new R&B artist); New Edition (R&B album of the year, group); and Bobby Brown (R&B album of the year - male). Most of the star-studded crowd dined and danced at a re ception Immediately following the show. Seen on the dance floor were Stephanie Mills, Mike Tyson, The Boys, "A Different World's" Dawnn Lewis (who was really cutting up), Robert Town send, and producer-actor Keenan Wayans, who says he was rath er disappointed that there was no real push behind "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka", his first film. Said Wayans, "they didn't put any thing behind It. They just let it die." In spite of that, the film has grossed $12 million to date, costing only $3 million to make, and added Wayans, "it did all It was supposed to do for me. It opened a lot of doors." Wayans is presently working on another film deal, and has committed to a TV show for the Fox network. The show, titled "In Living Color", Is "a black Saturday Night Live." Wayans will exec-produce and write, as well as appear on the show. $2 Million Lawsuit Filed Against LA & Babyface: Promoter/ manager Don Taylor filed a Breach of Contract lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court last month against top record producers Antonio "LA" Reid and Kenny Edmonds ("Babyface"). The suit charges that LA & Babyface, who are part of the R&B group The Deele, are legally tied to Taylor's Tammi Music through duty 19, 1989. According to Taylor, since he's put the team together, they've sold In excess of $10 million. In the last year alone, the hit duo has produced number one hits for Sheena Easton, Karen White, and Pebbles. Said Taylor; "we tried to negotiate but my good friend, Dick Griffey, tried to play mediator and It didn't work out." And so. It seems, they will settle the matter before a Judge. A Celebration of life: Natalie Cole read a poem, Vidal Sassoon spoke, as did powerful California assemblywoman Maxine Wa ters, while Stevie Wonder rededicated his "I'll Be Loving You Al ways", at the memorial service celebrating the life of Malik Smith, the 18-year old son of actress Beverly Todd ("Lean On Me"). Those turning out to support Beverly Included Lou Gossett, Bob Gullllame, Lynn Whitfield, Knots Landing's Lynne Moody, Sidney Poitier, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Dionne Warwick, Rosalind Cash, 227's Hal WllUams, Roger Mosley, Telma Hopkins, Judy Pace, Raymond St. Jacques, A Different World's Cree Summer, and Generations Taurean Blaques...Speaking of Generations, co star Taurean Blacques says all are pleased with the show thus far (even If the ratings show that TV's first regular daytime serial with equal black and white lead actors scored last among the daytime soap operas), and that he Is looking forward to the show being extended to one hour. Short Takes: Grace Jones was arrest ed in Jamaica last week. The 37-year old slnger-actress-model was charged with possession of cocaine... Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Carl Weathers, Bob Gullllame, and Dave Winfield were among the 1700 on hand as the lA Urban honored the Laker s Magic Johnson.. Alfre Woodard and Mario Van Peebles will team as a formerly married couple in a two-hour drama, titled "Orleans". In this potential series pilot, Woodard will star as a district attorney who moves her teen son from LA to New Orleans where he can be supervised by his dad, a cop...Next week: Jas mine Guy signs a recording contract? Vendors Need To Apply Now For WestFest '89 RTAINVI Page 7A Black On The Writing Life: • Getting starteid Writers Getting published Speak • Advice for beginning writers Networks and resources David Bradley, author of The Chaneysville Incident and win ner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, will read from his work in five cities In North Car olina during f^rll as part of the Black Writers' Program spon sored by the North Carolina Writers' Network (NCWN). At each of the readings, Bradley will be joined by one of the five winners of NCNW's first writing competition for black writers. The winners will also read from their work. Bradley will be In Charlotte, Wednesday April 26, 6 p.m. at the Afro-American Cultural Center. He will be joined by Glo- ree Rogers of Durham. Rogers, 44, Is a winner of the NCNW's writing competition. Her winning entiy Is Cloree's Man, a short stoiy. Rogers' first writing contest win occurred with her winning the 1964 Hillside High School Youmallsm class poetry contest. That event ig nited her wrlt- ed Duke University's continued education writing classes. In 1984, Mrs. Rogers began to pursue her writing career and was first published In the 1985 edition of The American Poetry Anthology, edited by John Frost. Her short story. The Crinoline Slip, taken from her award winning autobiographical nov el Love, Or A Reasonable Facsi mile, was excerpted In A Living Culture In Durham, an antholo gy edited by Judy Hogan. The short story. The Demon, was ex cerpted in Obsidian II. Bradley was born in Bedford, PA. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania and Kings College in London. He is an associate professor of Eng lish at Temple University and is currently Distinguished Foun dation Professor at UNC- Wilmlngton. He has authored two novels. Bradley ing desires. However, she put her writing on hold after high school for marriage and a family. Gloree stud- led Secretarial Rogers Science at Durham Business College In 1968 and In 1977 she earned a LPN degree from Durham Tech nical Institute. She also attend- South Street (1977) and The Cha neysville Incident (1981). During his career as a fiction writer, Bradley has worked as an editor, professor of English, and a freelance magazine writer. A frequent reviewer for the New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post Book World, his articles have also ap peared in such diverse publica tions as The Village Voice, Quest! 77 and Savvy. According to Valerie Smith of Princeton University, "David Bradley ranks among the most sophisticated stylists of his gen eration. His two novels present subtle and original perspectives on issues that traditionally have concerned significant Afri can-American writers; the meaning of community, the ef fects of racism, the shape and substance of history." During the program next Wed nesday at the Afro Center, the readings will be followed by a panel discussion featuring the readers and other black writers speaking on the craft of writing, advice for beginning writers, and suggestions on how to get published. Packets of information about markets for writers and events of particular interest to black writers will be available to all who attend. The evening will conclude with a reception. "The Black Writers' Prograni is in the NCWN tradition of con necting writers and would be writers and bringing them out of isolation," says Marsha War ren, NCWN Executive Director. "In addition, we hope the April reading will encourage reading and writing. NCWN's theme for 1989 is 'Writing and reading: Everybody's Art.'" "Field To Factory" Exhibition On Black Migration Makes History In Own Right By HERB WHITE Post Staff Writer The deadline for vendors to apply to WestFest has been ex tended one week. Sam Young, coordinator of the annual festival, said applica tions will be accepted through April 29 to Insure that late en tries get a chance to participate. The fesUval will be held June 2 at Mill Road and Beatties Ford Road beside Johnson C. Smith University. 'We're looking for this to be the biggest and best one yet," Young said. 'We wanted to make sure we gave minority vendors a chance to get Involved." Young anticipates the festival will draw about 45,000 people, which should Insure an Increase In the number of vendors and the amount of money to be made. "Applications are still coming in," he said. WestFest has had minority vendors since Its Inception three years ago. Young said, and has tried to Insure their repre sentation. 'We've always had black ven dors at WestFest, but we want to make sure all those who want to participate have the chance," he said. Thirty vendors sold their goods at last year's festival. Young said, and most of them were invited back. Unlike SprlngFest, an uptown festival, WestFest hasn't had the contro versy surrounding its vendors program. Earlier this year, SprlngFest changed Its policy, which ex cluded Carolyn Mason, a bal loon vendor who was the only African-American to participate the previous year. After a public outcry from the black community, SprlngFest reversed itself and Mason will sell balloons at the April 28-29 festival. Last year's WestFest roster was mostly African-American, and. Young said, many of them got their first c::p;;;t:;.ce there. I'o apply for WestFest's ven dors credential, applicants must complete the application form which outlines the festival's rules and regulations. For more information, call Sam Young at 568-5440. WASHINGTON - A major Smithsonian Institution exhibi tion on the migration of Ameri can Blacks from the rural South to industrial centers in the North Is currently making histo ry on Its own. Called "FIELD TO FACTORY; Afro-American Migration , 1915- 1940," the exhibition premiered during February, 198'7 and was originally scheduled to run for one year. "FIELD TO FACTORY' proved to be so popular that one year later. Its stay at the National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Av enue N.W., Washington, was ex tended indefinitely. In addition, two touring versions of the ex hibit were created to criss-cross the nation at least through 1992. Dr. Spencer Crew, curator of the exhibition, estimates that more than five million persons have seen FIELD TO FACTORY in Washington while millions more have seen touring exhibi tions to date In Birmingham, AL, Fresno, CA Jacksonville, FL, At lanta, GA, Boston, MA, Balti more, MD, Rochester, NY, Worth ington, OH, Hampton, VA and State College Park, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, PA Crew also noted that at least one major university is looking into the creation of educational materials based on "the great migration" that could be used as a teaching tool in inner-city schools. In addition, officials of a mid-Western city have asked for advice on how to create an exhibition on the movement of blacks into that city. Crew, who holds a Ph.D. in his tory from Rutgers University, maintains that the success of FIELD TO FACTORY is due, pri marily, to "the human element - it tells the story of a people." He said: "Many people alive to day can remember the migra tion and with many others, they have heard their parents or grandparents talk about it. The exhibition tells this story in a true, dignified and fascinating way." Crew said FIELD TO FACTORY grew out of discussions between himself and colleagues at the museum and he worked on the project for about four years, the final year on a full-time basis. As it continued. Crew said, he found financial support for the project from both Pepsi Cola Company and from the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, an organ ization of more than 125,000 black women. 'We felt it was most important to support FIELD TO FACTORY," said John Moorhead, vice presi dent, marketing services, Pepsi Cola Company. "This exhibition marked the first time an in- depth Smithsonian exhibition has focused on a period of America's overall social and demographic history from an African-American perspective." Moorhead said: "A better un derstanding of one group's his tory will prove vital to all Ameri cans In our pluralistic society." "The exhibition represents a highly significant slice of Afri can-American life and history," said Dr. Josie Johnson, the for mer chairperson of the sorori ty's Committee on Arts and Let ters. "It helps to raise interesting questions -- was the movement that created large black enclaves In Industrial centers good or bad for our peo ple? The exhibit opens this question for discussion now and in the future." The exhibition recreates scenes from wooden farmhous es, train stations, beauty parlors and a Philadelphia rowhouse among its more than 400 ob jects and photographs as well as audio visual presentations. One of the traveling exhibi tions is currently on display at The African-American Museum of Cleveland where it can be seen through April 23, 1989. That exhibition will be on dis play at this same facility for a second time from May 13 through June 11. 1989. The other touring exhibition of "FIELD TO FACTORY" is cur rently on display at the National Afro-American Museum & Cul tural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio, where it can be seen through April 30. The same exhibition can be seen at the same facility from May 20 through June 1'8, 1989. In each city where FIELD TO FACTORY appears, Pepsi Cola bottlers and local Delta sorority chapters have hosted special receptions for community lead ers, schools and church groups. FROM FIELD TO FACTORY! This 1940 pho tograph of a mother and son waiting to start the long drive from rural Florida to a North ern city, is one of the hundreds of pictures, oral histories, personal artifacts, brochures and educational materials that illustrate the exhibit, "FIELD TO FACTORY: Afro- american Migration 1915-1940." Most other black families moved North by bus or by train. The permanent exhibition is at the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Two traveling exhibitions are currently on dis play at both the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio, and the African-American Museum of Cleveland, Ohio. Photo Courtesy Library of Congress National Archives and Records Administration. s a ' s s a
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