. \ ? * "*VoL 1, No. 5 PUSH Expo ^v -' .;- ^3VT'-- '^**tV'' - , fafV ^V * JBl^^w ^B?- ? *r i 7<" ?:'-N>'-' dSS?' IEUSmubmiMI The Rev. Jesse Jackson, foundei PUSH Expo '74, Chicago. Grant for . ^?? A-_? 1 .LI _ 1/\vanauit; Graduate business fellowships for minority students are available through the UNC , School of Business Administration in Chapel Hill. Bladfe, Anjerican Indians and Spanish-surnamed Americans are eligible for the fellowships which provide tuition and living allowance of $2,000 for the first year of the master of business administration (M.B.A.) program and $1,000 for the second year. Financed by grants from approximately 140 U.S. corporations, the fellowships are sponsored by the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management which UNC joined in 1973 The rViWcArtiiirn it! a civ.nn?t?n*Kjifi? IWH0V1 ?i?ut? to ? tJiA'uiuv Oibjr program to encourage minority , State SGA to j Radio Progr Winston-Salem State University SGA will be hosting a radio program soon. The purpose of the program "Back to the People" is to inform the community of events ' Patroni: WINS! - , 74 um^, ^ jr .sr mm? i * l< By ^ *- _ ??_. ^HM l^rj^ \M^^^^KliiTV * |P: >._ >;. . 'v v _ . '- . ;<: -v- < > : 01 reopie united to Save Humanity Minorities at UNC men and women to enter management careers in business. In addition to UNC, it includes Indiana University, Washington University in St. Louis and the Universities ;.of Rochester, Southern California and Wisconsin. Students may apply to the M.p.A. - program of any Consortium universities. Twenty fellows are enrolled now at UNCChapel Hill. Persons " wishing further information should write to the director, Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, 101N. Skinker Blvd., Box 1132, St. Louis, Mo. 63130; or executive director, M.B.A. Program, UNC School of Business, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 > Host am happening on campus that will effect and involve them. The program will be both informative and entertianing. It . will be divided into three parts: (1) NEWS (2) FEATURE (3) ze Equal ON-S ;?^ 20 cents , * HE1 I W 1 $ . a .,.; %' &' $ M .'. M 1 ^ * ? it *4 m ii "** i? ia - -?=* -*-?-=? * *?*??** 51 *'* ?2|? # ;, |||t 'I J a'* 'i#? illllh^lH ' &? , w m v* ? ?w?i TWjgj|i V im , k. .* ( * "* .ifc IflPCMI 3rT v ^HTl H^u * ^1 K (PUSH), raps to followers at Mobile Van ? Will Help Businesses Some minority businessmen and women will get help in improving and building new businesses as the Mid-west Piedmont Area Business Development Organization, Inc. lr..t?^Kr>rl o mnKilo ' AnnArfnnitv lea in n.iicu ci iiivwuv vj/fw* unit. . The unit will give aid to small business operators in improving businesses. The Travelling Opportunity van is manned by James Graham, Quether Wilkins, Norman. Williams and John Duncan. Mid-west Piedmont, sponsored by the office of Minority Business Enterprise of the U.S. Department of Commerce, will continue to reach out to the minority businessman if the program proves to be successful. The W i nston-Sa 1em organization is located at 623 Waughtown Street. John Duncan is thfe executive director of the organization. SPORTS. The news will 'be centered around activities on and around campus. "In our first program, we will said program spokesman, See SGA Page 2 Opportu JL -Jm ' '' 1> ALEM r : ~ PjR By Lewis Tucker ; , :.. . & ... Michael Wright (tumors note: Chronicle special correspondents, Coleman Freeman, Albert Porter, Lewis Tucker and Michael Wright, attended PUSH Expo '74 and interviewed artists, celebrities, and members of the PUSH staff. / A series of articles will appear in the Chronicle ori~the activities, accomplishments, hopes; fears and failures of the event.) The glory of work is an untold American story. Yet the need to work is a human reality, the need to feel useful to be productive, to be recognized and compensated for work produced. We are all workers in the fires of injustice. We must renew the dignity of jobs well done and pooffirm mir nnmmifmnnf IVU'.llllll VU1 VVIlUlllUUCIIb IU VIIC . unfinished work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Save the Worker from Hunger." ' Now in its six year, PUSH Expo, a business and cultural trade exposition, hs the largest cultural trade exposition, is the largest cultural dimension of Blacks in America. It opened Wednesday, Sept. 29th at Chicago's International Amphitheater. . The fire day event, sponsored by Operation P.U.S.H. (People united to Save Humanity) ' focused on . the economic Hi mpn?innc nf Amorinon Rlo/tlrc IUIIVI AVUI1 l_/iUV^I\0. It represented a bringing together of black people taking pride in current accomplishments by blacks. The call of- the Rev. Jesse Jackson president of P.U.S.H. -was "Save the Worker." These were the watch words of the multifaced Expo 74. There were over 600 displays by minority businesses, national cooperations and industries, jS 'jMgl \ % 4 ii . J III John P. Bond III, Assistant Cff Mi th^ 4'establishment" ia like for a fc nify Adve . Ef Thursday, OCTOBER 3, 1974 government agencies, community organizations, educational institutions and career schools; a bazaar for the sale of wares produced by minority business. o Cultural displays which paid monumental tribute to the achievements of American??? -Blacks; from the politics of C. __ Delores Tucker, to the record breaking?of?sports superstar-? Hank Aaron. A breakfast series which * served as a synthesis for blacks and whites in the fields of business, labor and theology were held* JIM ? m-i Entertainment, the leading attr&rtinn to tho R*nosition ui? provided by top name artist tirtheworld of show business; from the soothing blues of B.B. King to the exciting, sound of Isaac Hayes; from the hilarious Richard Pryor to the beautiful, sexy Nancy Wils&n. Save the worker was selected as the theme for 1974 because "The working people of America are faced with crisis conditions which are destroying gains made over the last twenty years." Rev. Jackson points out that PUSH Expo demonstrates the impact of black businesses as a major force,- in-American economic life. Designed by PUSH Expo ^ Cultural Chairman, Jacqueline Jackson, wife of Reverend Jesse Jackson, the Cultural Exhibit was conceived as a tribute to living black Americans who have struggled above their roots in povertyaand achieved excellence in their professions. In addition to the Women's Exhibit, individuals from the fields of business, entertainment, sports, anc publishing were also honored Mrs. Jackson explained that the display was intended "to depict the heroes; by . whom a culture survives'*^ jt* u ^ Pfc : *'S3B^^f rjs inager, tells what being a part of ilack man. See story page 7. vtisers 4 t * t 4 i i t * 4 4 * 4 4 * 4 ? ?'/>.* - *. ... ... - V . a

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