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SGUILFORDIAN
GREENSBORO, NC
MLK assembly
moves many
By Jacob Noble
STAFF WRITER
On Monday night, meetings,
discussions, and presentations cul
minated as students, faculty, and
members of the community en
tered Dana auditorium to pay trib
ute to the slain civil rights leader,
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The service included music by
the Ambassadors for Christ choir
from Winston-Salem that caused
some to jump from their seats.
The night was not just musi
cal however; Bessie Carter, a mem
ber of the Guilford, community re
cited scripture while Anthony
Staples delivered a speech
of King's. History Professor
Adrienne Israel also added histori
cal insight into the King's life.
For many the most powerful
part was students' reflections.
Kemba Bloodworth started
her reflection off with exerpts from
Memorial service Saturday will honor
Professor Emeritus Ed Burrows
From Staff Reports
While a majority of students
at Guilford were still toddlers
when Ed Burrows, who passed
away on Dec. 17th, 1998, retired af
ter 30 years of teaching history at
Guilford College, his legacy is still
important.
During his tenure at Guilford
he strongly influenced many stu
dents and pressured the adminis
tration and board of trustess to
admit African and African Ameri
can students. In 1962, Guilford ad
mitted students from Kenya, but
still excluded American students
of African descent.
Robert G. Williams, the
Voehringer Professor of Econom
ics, said of Burrows, "If you take
all of the profesors who had a
strong impact on students, in terms
of the numbers of students influ
enced, he's probably number one
in the latter half of the century."
In addition to his efforts to
provide civil rights to African
Americans, Burrows was later in-
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"Someone Died for Me,"
written by children of
Selma, AL. Especially
moving was the repeti
tion of the phrase "and
they didn't even know
my name." The room was
silent while Bloodworth
shared what she has
learned from King, who
"had a belief system that
was rooted in a faith
shaped by a religious ex
perience of African
people American born. This black
faith is an intangible thing, but I
know it when I see it. I know it
when I hear it, and I know it when
I feel it."
Bloodworth's emotion, clar
ity, and, most importantly, sincer
ity led the crowd to great applause.
Chermika Walker also re
ceived applause after giving a pow
erful speech conveying a dream of
her own while reminding the audi
im
_ . _ COURTESY ROBERT G. WILLIAMS
Ed Burrows
volved in gay and lesbian issues,
though as he explains in his auto
biography, he repressed his own
sexuality for many years, choosing
to focus on the issue of race rela
tions.
Burrows' life and contribu
tions to the Guilford community
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John Fearrington addressed the crowd at the MLK candlelight vigil Monday night.
ence that the night should also cel
ebrate those who came before and
after King, 'This is not so much a
King celebration as it is a celebra
tion inclusive of King with all due
respect to Kwame Ture, Malcolm X,
Harriet Tubman..."
CCE student Deena Hayes gave
the final reflection of the night.
Hayes explained that she did not
normally participate in activities
like the service. One of her con-
will be honored at a Quaker me
morial service on Saturday at 2:00
p.m. in Sternberger auditorium.
Over his years at Guilford,
more than 50 students who would
otherwise have been unable to af
ford tuition lived at Burrows'
house, said Williams, and "they're
all coming back to this memorial
service. I highly reccommend that
students go to this memorial ser
vice because they're going to hear
reflections on his life. He was a
very complex character and
they re going to get a sense of his
complexity."
He continued to say that the
issues with which Burrows dealt
are still important today. "Those
issues are not dead: racism, ho
mophobia, violence as a solution.
Those issues are not dead, we all
have a lot to learn from him."
Editor's note: The Guilfordian
will have a more detailed look at
Edward Burrows' life and influence
at Guilford in next week's issue.
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cerns about this celebration and
others like it is "how easily we are
distracted by the glamour of cel
ebrating and how soon we forget
the tragedies that bring us to
gether."
Hayes reminded the audience
that King, Malcolm X, and Medgar
Evers were all assassinated and
that though 32 years have passed
since their deaths, the climate
which they were subjected to is still
the same. She believes that this
current climate, which reeks of the
past, was also responsible for the
death of Darryl Howerton and the
dragging death of James Byrd in
Jasper, TX.
The reaction to Hayes's
speech was noticed by senior
Barrett Wiley, who said, "I looked
to the left of me, I looked around
me, and I didn't see that many
white people clapping." Whatever
their reason was, Hayes's message
was clear, "Suffering and oppression
is as alive today as it was during Dr.
King's time."
The service ended with a
candlelight vigil in which students
first sang the black national anthem
"Lift Every Voice and Sing'' and then
proceeded to walk candle-in-hand to
Boren lounge.
While many thought the mass
meeting and candlelight vigil were
beautiiully executed, the lack of at
tendance by members of the commu
nity stood out in some students'
minds. "For the turnout that we got
and the consciousness that's sup
posed to be here on campus, the turn
out didn't reflect that," said Terrance
Wilson, a senior.
This program was formed with
the efforts of AACS's new President
Casaundria Penn, John Fearrington,
Yumika White, and Santes Beatty.