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

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