October 20, 1971
Tiuth,
Unity,
Justice,
and POWER
BLACK INK
BL/VCK STUDENT MCVEMBSTT OFFICIAL IMEWSLETTER
JOHNSON C. SMITH EXCHANGE:
A
By Pam Campbell
Last year, twenty Carolina students
participated in the Johnson C.
St^^xchange. These students spent a
weekend at Johnson C. Smith
University while twenty J. C. Smith
spent the weeicend at Carolina.
Unfortunately, not a black student
from Carolina participated in the
change was very successful and will
take place again this year. In talking
with Smith students who recently
visited Carolina to discuss this year’s
Exchange, 1 was surprised at the image
the Smith students have of Blacks at
Carolina. As termed by one Smith
sophomore, ‘The Black students that
we met here last year were complete
trips. I never realized that there was a
brother or sister I could not relate to.’
Students from Smith went on to
express that the Blacks at Carolina
Exchange. The Ex-
ENCL ISH
SPEAKS
by David Florence
On Monday, Oct. 4, Black poet
Edward English read some thirty of his
original poems. The majority of his
poetry was in free-verse, touching the
aesthetic soul of the people listening.
As one observer put it, “I can meditate
with Black poetry.”
In his poems English spoke
repeatedly of God, charity, hope, and
love. He compares his charity, hope,
and love to the Christians’ “the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.”
When asked what this repetition
indicated about his religious beliefs, he
replied that he was a very religious
man. English also said that he believes
that man is God, and conversely, that
God is man. He explained his life in
the poem, “Gloria’s Golden Slipper,”
by saying, “Life is nothing but a
ABOUT
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struggle for something worthwhile.”
English is a travelling man. He has
travelled extensively in Europe, Africa,
and North America. A lot of his work
centers around people he has met
during his travels.
EngUsh explains that his first pocra,
“God’s Creation,” is a building
foundation ^^'all of his other works,
and that his other works merely
explain his first poem. The
grey-bearf' 'd vagabond has been
writing poi-cry for some thirteen or
fourteen years.
The man’s rap was together. Even if
one doesn’t like his poetry, it does the
Black heart good to see a Black man
who is stable in his beliefs. This was
Edward Enghsh.
MISUNDERSTANDING
were not aware of their presence
which they understood but could not
understand why things couldn’t be
taken from there. Another student
commented that he went to this
so-called party in James with his
‘white’ host-not because he wanted to
take his host with him, but because he
didn’t know where James was- and the
Black students there stared them out
of the room. He also went on to
comment that most of the students
were cold and in their own little
cliques. This was just like Smith, of
course, but at least you could stop
somebody and rap awhile. The Smith
students also noticed that we are a
little more militantly oriented that
Smith students and wanted very much
to have a chance to talk with Carolina
Blacks about the ‘black experience’ on
a predominantly white campus. Sihith
students will be here again this year
and are still interested in rapping with
us. Hopefully, sisters and brothers,
more of us will apply for the exchange
so as to give Smith students the
experience they need as far how a
Black makes it in this white man’s
world. Any students interested should
sign up for the Exchange when
applications become available at the
Union Information desk. The Smith
students will be here for the Exchange,
November 17-21 and Dec- emberl-5.
We don’t want to prepare for them but
at least this time we know they are
coming and we can help make it worth
their while.
BLACK SOUNDS
by Burnes Ray
Black Sounds is the name of the
radio program geered directly to the
black students on this campus. It is
aired on Tuesday and Friday from 7-9
p.m. All the music oh the show is
written and performed by blacks or is
considered by blacks to be soul music.
All students are urged to help make
this show work; any criticism is
welcome.Now we are in the process of
procuring more music for a better and
more baired sound. The request
number for students to call is
933-3600.
Black Sounds will work closely
with the BSM by airing
announcements and reports. The show
is also a way to enable more freshman
to get involved in campus activities.
Allen Mask and I are the only
upperclassmen on the program. I have
some progranuning assistance from
junior Qeoj^us Qovwter. Aside fixm
the help these two students, the
program is mostly run by freshman:
Willie Mebane, Ernest Adams, and
Don Pullian. At this stage of the g^me
the show is relatively successful, but
to make it work, we need the
participation of all black students on
campus.
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