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History of
Integration at
Guilford College
Emily Hantz
Staff Writer
"You have to know this
history. If you are going to
get a Guilford College
diploma, you should be
proud of it."
These are the words of
James Shields, Director of
Community Learning, who
spoke last Monday, Nov. 3,
at a forum outlining the
history of integration at
Guilford College.
Shields presented the
history of race relations at
Guilford and then turned
the floor over to members
of the history committee of
the anti-racism team.
Shields talked of a
school that was slow to
integrate. In the 1960s
African-American staff,
members were getting
paid only $1.45 an hour,
wages that lagged behind
those of other schools.
In 1961, Guilford College
would deny admission to
African American appli
cants. One woman was
told her application could
not be considered as
Guilford's admission policy
did not allow it to admit
members of "the Negro
race."
After this woman was
denied admission to
Guilford, there was
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Ken Burns speaks at Guilford
Aaron DeMoss
Staff Writer
Ken Burns' message was
clear: Listen.
Burns delivered his lecture
before over 600 people on
Thursday, Nov. 6, in a packed
Dana Auditorium.
Listen - he wove the word
through his speech, which
jumped from African American
culture, to the current state of
the arts, to his own forte, doc
umentaries.
"He was enthralled with his
tory and eager to share," said
first-year Tim Scales.
The speech was a departure
from Burns' normal style of
teaching through visual histo
ry, a skill he learned from doc
umentary photographers and
then later transferred to his
films.
Burns has been so suc
cessful at teaching through
this unique style that he has
made a name for himself in
the American lexicon as a pio
neer in the art of film docu
mentaries.
American audiences and
organizations have praised
Burns's documentaries for
over two decades now, includ
ing his three epics Baseball,
The Civil War and Jazz.
The noted historian Stephen
Ambrose said, "More
Americans get their history
from Ken Burns."
The third speaker in the
Bryan "Year of the Arts"
series, Burns held a small,
hour-long open question lec-
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students, faculty and the gen
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everything from Burns's per
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Ken Burns lectured to scores of enthusiastic listeners
He has recently finished and
aired his most recent film
Horatio's Drive, which fea
tures the voice of Tom Hanks
as Dr. Horatio Jackson. The
film follows Jackson's diary of
America's first cross-country
car drive.
Burns followed the perilous
November heat wave
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Heat wave has students
adjusting their thermostats
journey in a time without road
maps, gas stations, or On-
Star. The film aired Oct. 6 on
PBS.
Burns' next projects include
the story of the first black
heavyweight world champion,
Jack Johnson, whose life was
fraught with prejudice and
oppression.
A history of the National
Parks and a view of World
War II are also in the works. In
the latter, Burns will use a bot
tom-up view of history, prima-
Eamon Barker
Staff Writer
Shorts and spaghetti-strap
tops are in abundance, and
people all over campus are
feeling the burn of a fall heat
wave.
"Why in God's name would
they turn the heat on at the
very beginning of fall? It
always gets hot again," said
David McDaniel, a resident of
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rily featuring interviews with
veterans .
"No one who wasn't there
will be in this film," said Burns.
Burns ate dinner with a small
group of students and profes
sors before attending a cere
mony in Hege Library.
"Ken Bums brought a won
derful historical perspective to
campus," said President Kent
Chabotar.
The lecture was full of his
torical and personal anec
dotes, and stressed what he
called, "a love affair with histo
ry." His speech wove together
a history of America that
encapsulated not only the tri
umphs of presidents and gen
erals, but also the struggles of
women and minorities, and
the experience of everyday
working people. Above all
Burns emphasized the impor
tance of listening to all
aspects of our history - the
glorious and despicable - to
help our future.
Bryan Hall.
Zack Haber, who lives in
Binford Hall, doesn't mind the
heat so much. "It's kind of hot,
but it'll get colder in a couple
of weeks and it'll be fine.
People like to [whine]."
Of all the residence halls,
Milner seems to be the one
with the fewest problems with
heat, mainly due to the
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