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At UnC-Cliapcl Hill
SAT.. JANUARY 24. 1976. THE CAROLINA TIMES -16
CHAPEL HILL - The
music of black people in
the U. S. from Colonial
times to the present will
be studied in a new course
offered this spring at the.
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
This is the first time
an Afro-American music
course has been included
in .the department of
music's curriculum at
UNC. Martha Flowers of
the voice faculty is the
instructor.
"Introduction to
Afro-American Music"
(Music 89) is designed to
develop an appreciation
for the music produced by
black American composers
and performers and an
understanding of its
unique features.
(Miss) Flowers, herself
an internationally known
concert and opera artist, is
planning visits and
discussions for her
students with black
composers and performers
throughout the course
period.
"Being black I am
intensely interested in and
dedicated to this
contribution to our
American culture,"
Flowers said.
UNC students can gain
an insight into the special
problems of black
Americans as encountered
in the historical context,
she added.
Beginning with the
African heritage, the
course will survey musical
practices of West Africa,
the beginnings of slavery,
the carry-over of cultural
patterns and the use of
recorded musical examples
of early practices.
The second unit of
instruction will center on
music in the American
colonies. Specific musical
forms such as hymns,
psalms, and spirituals will
be studied in the Colonial
period before moving to
the Ante-Bellum period
and the development of
musical skills of the
Northern and Southern
slayes.'
The post Civil War
period to 1920 will review
the antecedents of jazz,
the minstrel show, musical
comedies, band music and
concert and gospel music
as performed in successful
world-wide tours by Fisk
University Jubilee Singers
and other black college
groups. Examples of the
music of Scott Joplin, the
genius of ragtime, will be
studied.
Finally, the new course
will explore modern music
- the many types and
styles, the world-wide
influence of jazz and the
recognition of , black
composers in the classical
Western European
tradition.
Two texts written by
Eileen Southern and
published by W. W.
Norton & Co. are included
in reference materials for
the three-semester hours
course for UNC music
majors.
"Black Perspective On The News": A
New Way Of looking At The News
by Reginald Bryant,
Co-producermoderator;
' Black Perspective"
In America today, there
are more than two sides to
every story. It is no longer
adequate to read all the
news that's fit to print nor
is it enough to watch
topless, bottomless,
laugh-a-minute quicky
evening news.
The objective, the
subjective, the fact and the
opinion - not to mention
the truth, are often
tumbled at the public in a
barrage of quotes from
reliable, though unseen
sources.
In a society with a split
personality, a world which
takes turns at fratricide
when not reaching for
unexplored planets or
increasing its overkill
potential, the United
States needs some old
fashioned answers.
"Black Perspective on
the News," presented each
week on PBS, asks those
questions of the people
who know or should know
the answers or who at least
make the questioning
necessary. The Black
perspective? How does
that differ from other
perspectives and who says
so?
Being non-white in
America requires a cultural
adroitness unique in the
history of the world. One
must learn to live
successfully in . a
predominant culture alien
to one's own and
simultaneously retain
one's pristine identity.
Black journalists
observe the national scene
with two sets of eyes and a
sixth sense. They are at
the same time inside and a
part of the news and
outside observers. The
Black perspective is most
often that of people who
want the answers to
questions that affect them.
When the perspective ; is
specifically non-white, it is
all the more valuable and
informative to all who
watch and listen, for it
presents an
additionaldimension to all
of us.
"Black Perspective"
focuses on the dissolution
of polarization through
media. Think of us as
everybody's perspective
plus a little extra. The
guests on our program will
be the national
newsmakers. The Black
journalists will be the
finest, most incisive and
experienced in the land.
KeUey of the FBI,
Rizzo of Philadelphia and
Humphrey of Minnesota
are but three of the
individuals who have been
guests in the past. Senators
George McGovern and
Richard Schweiker have
also, appeared, as have
Black leaders Whitney
Young, Bobby Seale,
James Farmer and Jesse
Jackson, Mayors Charles
Evers of Fayette,
Mississippi and Kenneth
Gibson of Newark.
Journalists have come
from a variety of press
sources including the NEW '
YORK TIMES, the
WASHINGTON POST, the
PHILADELPHIA
INQUIRER, and
PHILADELPHIA
BULLENTIN, the
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
MONITOR, MILWAUKEE
COURIER, ROCHESTER
TIMES UNION, THE
BOSTON GLOBE,
NEWSWEEK, ST. LOUIS
SENTINEL,
CLEVELAND
PLAINDEALER and
many more newspapers
and magazines from across
the country.
During its premiere
season, "Black Perspective
on the News' was selected
by the USIA for broadcast
overseas via The Voice, of
America, and the
transcripts of several
programs were read into
the Congressional Record.
Following its 13-week
showing on PBS last
summer, the series
continued as a "local"
news program in the
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Shaw Establishes $95,000
Criminal Justice Program
RALEIGH - Shaw
University and eight other
predominantly black
colleges and universities
have received a grant
totaling $751,000 from
the S. Justice
Department's Law
Enforcement Assistance
Administration (LEAA) to
develop professional
training for criminal
justice careers for blacks
and other minorities.
Shaw University has
received $64,000 matched
with $31,000 of its own
monies to total $95,000
for the 18 month , pilot
program.
According to Dr.
Lorenzo Thompson
"Criminal Justice tracks or
courses are being
developed wtihin the
Department of Public
Administration at Shaw"
Research conducted by
the Justice Department
showed that major college
and universities fail to
interest blacks and other
minorities in criminal
justice careers and small
institutions generally have
not offered the training.
Dr. Thompson said,
'The area of Criminal
Justice has turned off
blacks because they have
been geared toward white
concepts and values.
Shaw's program will seek
to train persons in
Criminal Justice areas to
be broad thinkers."
The program will focus
on several areas of
Criminal Justice including
law ' enforcement,
corrections and juvenile
delinquency.
Delaware Valley. During
that time, it was awarded
the annual Philadelphia
Urban Coalition Board of
Directors' Award for
"outstanding service in the
cause of civil liberty and
human dignity," and the
program with FBI Director
uartence Kelley has been
included in the Robert F.
Kennedy, j Memorial
Archives.
There is no one who
makes national news that
may not be a guest in the
future. The content will be
the issues of today, and
seeking of informative
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responses to probing
questions. The audience -well,
we hope that will be
YOU.
Barry Whito
Charts Nov;
Singlo, Albun
HOLLYWOOD,
CALIFORNIA - After a
short hiatus, Maestro
Barry White is back with a
single and an album that
are both nationally
popular record chart
items.
His new single entitled
' Let The Music Play",
charted less than a week
after its release, while his
current album "Barry
White's Greatest Hits, is
listed as number (24) on
the national album charts
and climbing.
Additionally, the new
Love Unlimited Orchestra
album, produced by Barry
White, is ready for release
and is appropriately
entitled "Music Maestro
Please".