Journey Into Blackness With BASIB
Guilford College students
will take a "Journey Into
Blackness" byway of song
spirituals, jazz blues, gospels
dance, drama and art, the
week of Jan. 28 through Feb.
4. And you can come along.
Brothers and Sisters in
Blackness (BASIB), a group
of Black students at Guilford,
have arranged the week-long
series, and all events--from an
evening talk by Chapel Hill
Mayor Howard Lee to a musi
cal, dramatic "Journey Into
Blackness" by the renowned
New York Company, Voices,
Inc. -- will be open to the
public.
Beginning on Sunday Jan.
28, a black art show by local
artists will be on display from
1 until 5 p.m. at the Guilford
College Union Lounge. The
exhibit will remain oqen from
4 until 8 p.m. each day until
Friday Feb. 2 and from 1-5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Feb. 3 and 4.
At 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 31, there will be a show
ing of the film "Cotton
Comes to Harlem" in Dana
Auditorium.
Battle Fatigue Hits Guilford
At a luncheon meeting
last week with Guilford's clin
ical psychologist. Bill Springs,
representatives from each
dorm (except Milner and Eng
lish), Dean Andy Gottschall,
Director of Housing Ken Sch
wab, and chairman of the
Student Affairs Committee
Bob Johnson discussed the
"Battle fatigue" or "passive
aggression" which seems to
be affecting some students
here.
This year there are not
Motsu Kills
We must remember that,
as we go about our normal
lives today, people who share
the same human flesh as we
do suffer the brutal effects
of U.S. bombing. More than
one third of the ordnance that
falls on Indochina comes
from MOTSU.
MOTSU is the Army's
name for the Military Ocean
Terminal at Sunny Point,
N.C. It is the 2nd largest
munitions port on the East
coast. Ammunition smaller
than .50 calibre is shipped
from a general port, but the
type of explosives shipped
from MOTSU are those need
ed for the Naval artilery and
for the air war: 2,000, 5,000
lbs. bombs, fragmentation de
vices (some illegal and pro
hibited by the HAGUE con
ventions), propellant charges
and artillery rounds. In 1971,
well over 900,000 tons of
ordnance left MOTSU. Con
tact: American Friends Ser
vice Committee, P.O. Box
1791, High Point, N.C.; 919-
882-0100.
Mayor Howard Lee will
speak about black politics in
North Carolina Thursday,
Feb. 1 in Dana Auditorium,
Lee, who is in his second
term as mayor of Chapel Hill,
is also director of human de
velopment at Duke Univer
sity in Durham. He is vice
chairman of the North Caro
lina Democratic Party and a
member of the Board of Di
rectors of the Southern Re
gional Council. His talk will
be offered to the public free
of charge. ,
The nationally acclaimed
Voices, Inc. will perform at
8:15 p.m. Friday Feb. 2 in
Dana. The group has been
generating great excitement
wherever they go, and leaving
behind a growing list of rave
reviews about their musical
TV Quilfortfon
only more dropouts, but ap
parently a wider-spread de
pression is also affecting
more students than usual. Dr.
Springs had noticed this trend
among the students whom he
was counseling, and he
brought this concern to Andy
Gottschall, who called the
meeting to discuss possible
causes and solutions.
Factors which could be
comriDutors to this year's
more prevalent depression
were seen as the lack of social
Lite (eg. dances, parties, etc!)
on campus, too much free
time and not enough struc
ture, and the increasing jaded
ness of incoming freshmen
who find no fresh or untried
experiences in college life.
The responses of students
present at the meeting includ
ed disappointment at the lack
of "community" on campus
and, particularly, within the
individual dorms, the feeling
that the period of time
between the beginning of the
year and Thanksgiving break
Angela's Co-Defendant Still Fighting
by Al Cloud
Two and a han years atter
the shootout at the Marin
County Courthouse, Ruchell
Magee is still fighting for his
freedom.
He is still proclaiming his
right to rebel against the sla
very of unjust imprisonment.
He is still demanding the
right to defend himself.
He is still rejecting his
court-appointed attorneys.
And his trial still contin
ues, months after the acquit
tal of his former co-defendant
Angela Davis.
drama "Journey Into Black
ness." Their special rendition
of the black experience carries
the listener out of the theatre
with them to the slave ships,
cotton fields, the railroad
tracks, tenement houses,
good-time bar rooms and
rocking church houses.
Much of their message is
in the music, and many of
the songs are original com
positions by members of the
group. Others are traditional
wogk songs and spirituals, ar
ranged by group members.
There will be a ticket price
reduction for regular Guilford
College Arts Series patrons
attending the performance.
Members of Voices, Inc.
will also be on hand Saturday
morning from 10 o'clock un
til noon for a teachers' work
is too long, and that perhaps
the reestablishment of convo
cation would be helpful in
order to "bring us together
again", as it were.
Seen as possible solutions
to the problem were an ad
justment in the first semester
vacation time, more social
activities within the dorms,
and increased contact with
the faculty. Also, Springs is
willing to speak to groups
within the dorms, or to indi
viduals during his counseling
periods.
As our consortium psy
chologist, subsidized by a
Federal grant. Dr. Springs is
available on campus (at no
charge to the student) all day
Wednesday and Thursday
mornings in the Counseling
and Placement Office (suite
821, 68 dorm). He is avail
able for short term coun
seling (approximately 5-6 ses
sions) and will make psychia
tric or pastoral referrals when
necessary. The possibility of
on-campus group sessions is
also being discussed.
Magee's case appears sim
ple from a standard legalistic
perspective. He is charged
with the kidnapping and mur
der of Judge Harold J. Haley,
one of the four people killed
in the abortive escape at
tempt led by Jonathan Jack
son on August 7, 1970.
Haley, Jackson, and two
escaping prisoners, James D.
McClain and William Arthur
Christmas, were killed when
nearly 100 deputies, prison
guards and policemen opened
fire on the escape van. Magee
by Linda S. Swofford
shop on "The Black Exper
ience in the Total Curricu
lum." The workshop, which
will deal with the problems
of teaching students from dif
ferent cultural backgrounds,
is open to public school tea
chers, student teachers and
prospective teachers.
A dinner-dance at the
Cosmos Club on East Market
St. will begin at 7 p.m. Sat
urday Feb. 3. The public is
invited to attend and asked to
wear semi-formal attire.
Reservations for tickets
to the cabaret at the Cosmos
Club and to the Voices per
formance may be made by
phoning the BASIB office at
Guilford College. The phone
number is 292-1737.
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and four others in the vehicle
were wounded.
Magee claims that Haley
was killed by the bullets fired
by the law officers. However,
the question of who fired the
death bullets may be a moot
point. According to Califor
nia law, anyone aiding or
abetting in a major crime is,
equally guilty with the direct
participants. Magee has never
denied his participation in the
escape attempt. Indeed, he
proclaimed his right to do
so. His reasoning introduces
Woodward, a former AMh
Zion pastor, will speak Sun
day morning Feb. 4 at 10
o'clock in the Guilford Col
lege grill room about the in
fluence of the black church
on the total experience. Fol
lowing his talk, several local
gospel groups will perform.
At noon, following the
Sunday service, a generous
spread of soul food will be
served in the Guilford College
cafeteria. The fare will in
clude everything from spare
ribs and fried chicken to col
lard greens and black-eyed
peas.
BASIB's "Journey" was
conceived as a means to in
troduce people to the black
experience in a way which
produces understanding, said
Woodward. "We are saying,
let's take a journey into
blackness, and everyone
come with us. You don't have
to be a spectator. You too
can come along!"
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Photo by Geraty
the legal complexity to the
case.
Magee bases his defense
on an 1841 United States
Supreme Court decision free
ing 52 blacks who had revolt
ed and seized a Spanish slave
ship carrying them from
• Africa to the Caribbean. The
ship was subsequently cap
tured by the United States
Nayy, and the blacks were
charged with murder and
piracy. Both a lower court
and the Supreme Court af
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