BLACK INK
Febriian . 1^)7.?
Lennox "Stu" Stewart
Blackness is
on the
by Algernon Marbley
Stajf Writer
Since wrestling is not one ot'
the most popular sports on
UNC's campus. it is
understandable that we are not
too aware of the mat activities
of Brothers C harles Moose and
Marcus Wilhams. They are the
only Blacks represented on the
Tar Heel squad, and they are
holding their own quite well.
Sophomore Charles Moose
hails from Lexington. N.C..
where he was WHSAA wrestling
champ in the 155 lbs weight
class. He is not totally pleased
with his performance so far and
says there is room for
improvement. Seeking a degree
in Political Science-'itVid Uistbr^',
Moose .says he chS^e
because of its
superiority.
The academics are all he had
expected them to be. but,
putting it in his words, “the
social life leaves something to be
desired.’’ He also finds much
satisfaction in reading and
“Find out what any people
quietly submit to and you
have found out the exact
measure of injustice and
wrong which will be imposed
upon them, and these will
continue till they are resisted
with either words or blows,
or with both. The limits of
tyrants are prescribed by the
endurance of those whom
they oppress.”
-Frederick Douglass
It is the Negroes’ duty to
maintain our physical power,
our intellectual endowment, our
spiritual ideas; as a race, we must
strive by race organizations, by
race solidarity, by race unity to
the realization of a broader
humanity which freely
recognizes differences in men,
but sternly denounces
inequalities in their opportunity
of development.
—W.E.B. DuBois
Not just celebrity,
Stu can identify
mat^ too
viewing televised sports.
Williams, on the other hand,
is an accounting major from
Lumberton. Playing football and
basketball in high school, he did
not encounter wrestling until
coming to U.N.C. His roommate
convinced him to give it a try.
Since that time he has been
steadily on the upswing.
Williams enjoys wrestling
because he feels he has the
physical attributes to compete in
this sport rather than in
basketball of football. Wrestling
in the 142 lbs. weight class, he
feels his only setback is lack of
experience. He is very pleased
with the life at Carolina at
present and is looking forward
to his remaining two years both
on and off the mat.
So there we have it, two
gifted brothers playing an
integral part and contributing
role to the general success of the
Carolina wrestling program. For
their continuous efforts to reach
the top, we owe them our full
fledged support and wish them
only the best of luck.
by Gwen P. Harvey
Ilullh >r
"In .\iiKTK\i when X'Ui'rc ,i
sporlsin.in on campus \ ou're ,i
hero. 1 am luipp\ li'gei llic good
trcaiineni. Inii 1 >iill want lo
idcntily with .ill folk. It's the
onl\ \\.i\ a man c.m live.” I'he
haiutsoiiK' WosI Indian leans
hack III Ins desk chair and
conleniplalcs a bit of huiiuin
tlu'or\ and molivalion.
".\nd il is ail especially lough
situation when the athlete is
Black and attends a
predominantly while university
with just a handful of these
Black celebrities."
Lennox Stewart (he prefers
to be called Stu) is a dynamic
speedster on the UNC track
team. He still holds the National
Junior Record for the 1500
meters he won in his native
Trinidad in \9(i'-).
The fall of that year he came
to the United States with a
scholarship to attend Brevard
Junior College in New York.
During his freshman year he was
the only All-American on the
track team, winning the 800
meter that year and his
sophomore year, as well.
The summer of ’71 he
represented Trinidad in the
summer Pan-American games
held in Colombia, South
America. It was his first
international meet and he
finished fourth in the 800 m
finals.
That same summer he again
represented. TrinidjUd in the
Central Am.erjcan and Caribbean
hgld ij^iiJamaica, picking
up Ills I II si bron/c medal in I he
SOO 111.
1 ,isi siiiiiiner Slu made llie
I'S ()l\ iiipic leani. climaxiiig his
alhlelic career Ihus far. Before
(he finals in Munich he anil
oilier i II ( e nialioiial players
(oured llirougli oul I’lirope in a
pre-game exhibidon. “I did my
best riiiiniiig in Pisa. Italy." Slu
.sa\s.
lie liiilshed (hird there in (he
SOO 111. and the number he wore
(hen 2.iS is embla/.oned
boldly across his chesi in a huge
poster of him drawn by a Black
friend as a Welcome-Back-From-
Munich gift.
In Munich Stu reached the
semi-finals. Only the first four
semi-finalists were taken, he
came in fifth. Yet he returned
from Munich the subject of
much fanfare and admiration: a
damned good athlete in the
vision of track fans.
The twenty-two year-old
senior, however, approaches the
idea of his stardom with caution.
He feels that he should receive
no better treatment than the
other Black non-athletes on
campus, and is suspicious of
friendly white overtures which
smack of favoritism or celebrity
“elbow rubbing”.
“After I got back from
Munich last fall 1 found a lot of
white people I’d never seen
before coming up to me and
commenting on how good I’d
look on TV from Italy. I was
pleased with the compliment,
but I knew the person didn’t
really want to know me as a
person-— just'as an athlete.”
,g?‘l;'lik4 th&’Black people here
Relevant books
The Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman-Ernest Grines
A moving historical fiction
novel covering the complete
spectrum of Black life and
existence since the close of the
Civil War. Jane Pittman, the
main character, exists as an old
woman who has endured all the
pain, suffering, hope and
aspirations of Black Americans.
She was a child in slavery, a
young adult in Reconstruction, a
middle-aged woman during the
‘20’s, a matriarch during the
‘40’s and 50’s, and alive and well
in the ‘60’s. She had withstood
and endured all. She was a Black
woman in the true sense.
Look For Me in the
Whirlwind-tAittA by Haywood
Burns.
A collection of the life
sketches of the New York 21.
The collection spans all facets of
the Black community.
Beautifully written, edited, and
compiled, the work stands out as
a masterpiece in revealing the
inner strivings, backgrounds and
motivations of young Black
revolutionaries today. Extremely
relevant and pertinent to all
Blacks in search of their present
and future. A true must for the
Black conscious reader.
i
on caiiipus, 1 lic\ rcspccl me on
(lie (r.ick lickl. bill don'l lorgcl
ni>' being a person off (he Held
ei( her."
Slu is an iiilense individual
w i (Il a n a i r o f s m oo I h
c()sniopoli(anisiii and erudi(ion
abou( him. Having (raveled
exlensively he has moved in
circles of Black people all over
(he world.
"Some Blacks of different
countries have more or less
inferiority complexes. The
majority of (he Black here don’t
have that.”
"My crowd back home is
more hip now. They look up to
Black Americans and try to
imitate them.”
When Stu first came to the
USA he could not understand
why Blacks did not want much
to do with whites. Coming from
Trinidad - a Black country - he
had never really been exposed to
prejudice.
“There were not too many
white people running around
telling you what to do. There
was no problem, no need to hate
the white man.”
But pretty soon, while at
Brevard, Stu began to see what
he calls “the curiosity of the
white man”. His white coach
there had a running joke about
the team not being able to go
into certain restaurants or towns
while on the road.
“There was one little town
near the school where it was said
that Black people were not
allowed. I can’t remember the
name of it and 1 don’t know
whether it was a joke or not. We
just never went in.”
Stu did learn one important
language lesson while at Brevard.
“White guys would say ‘What’s
going on. Boy?’, and I would
answer them smiling. In Trinidad
that’s an everyday expresseion.”
His Black friends soon turned
him on to that words’ intended
mockery when used by whites.
Getting in with American
Blacks wasn’t too difficult for
Stu. “As long as you’re Black no
matter where you go you can
always relate to other Blacks,”
Stu says. But there are a few
cultural discrepancies between
this country and Trinidad he
admits.
“The school system is more
liberal here. In Trinidad when
you’re eighteen years old you’re
still treated like a kid. You can’t
smoke in class and have to wear
uniforms.”
“In the United States it’s the
way you want it. The classes are
more open and relaxed.”
Clothing styles are the same
in both countries, but Trinidad’s
music blends African soul with
its own calypso beat and the
Latirk American sound.
~The food there too is
prepared a bit differently - it’s
more spicy. Lunch time is the
big meal of the day, not dinner.
The evening meal in Trinidad is
more like a snack here - maybe
fruit juices and a cake.”
And language? “Well, 1 do
have a rather different accent,”
Stu smiles. “Some people laught
at me, thinking I’m getting the
words all wrong. Yet, it’s all
English, in both countries.”
Lennox Stewart is indeed a
different sort: a .sportsman who
is (o(ally human and sensual. No
puerile jock he.
V