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University's journalism department;
Ron Rogers, a black
editorial cartoonist; Ores Lewis,
a reporter for the Greensboro
News A Record; Ruthell
Howard, a reporter for the
Carolina Peacemaker in
Greensboro; David Bulla, the
. Chronicle's sports editor, and
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information services at North
Carolina AAT State University.
"We're expecting the
workshops to be informative,
lively and even entertaining,"
Johnson said. "We're hoping
That the people can leave here
with some information they can
. use .at their individual
! ; newspapers."
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ment will be held on Saturday,
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, r Ms. Reynolds, in town to at;I
tend the regional conference of
"Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
.'noted, for instance, that Jackson
; has consistently referred to his
. family's poverty during his
i childhood. She contends in her
book that he "really wasn't that
poor at all." Ms. Reynolds said
her research indicates that
; Jackson's family was one of the
few families in his community
! with a telephone. His father
i worked in the post office, she
said, and the family lived a
; relatively middle-class existence.
; One of the most controversial
, issues addressed in Ms. Reynolds'
?; book is the relationship between
Jackson and King. Jackson main!
tains he worked and walked sidej
by-side with the slain civil rights
leader. That's questionable, says
; Ms. Reynolds' book.
"Why is it important to show
; that it is untrue that Jesse
\ ; Jackson cradled Dr. King?" she
' asked. "When Dr. King was kfll.
.ed, Jackson said, 'the blood of
;?!my leader is on my shirt.' 1 talked
l;Iwjth people who were actually
*;?tfiere and they said he didn't
Z<ome near Dr. King. That shows
;?his flair for the dramatic."
Concerning Jackson's work
Z*>rith the poor, Ms. Reynolds said
Z;lhat, again, her research does not
Z;feonfirm his claims.
:t "He says he is the leader of the
*j>oor and I've tried to find
specific instances of how he helps
;?}he poor in concrete terms," she
?;?aid. "His covenants with those
major corporations help those
Iwho can help themselves. The
Ipoor get rhetoric and good feel ings."
;?* But Ms. Reynolds hastened to
Z;&dd that rhetoric and good feel-;lngs
have their place.
"I suppose all of those things
>jre important," she said. "I'm
;?fiot at all negating his right to ex>;fet.
When history is written he
>;feill have to be listed as the most
^ important mass leader.' .
Ms. Reynolds, a former
^jeporter for the Chicago Tribune,
>*&egan following Jackson's ac>0vities
in 1969 and she "has been
I*4t it ever since/' having met with
>Ii_j t -? i
i?;?na inicrvicwcu jaenson
>:?iumcrous times. Since she hits
Jlbecome very acquainted with the
>^#fe and times of Jackson, Ms.
>|teynolds said, she is not surpris:*?d
by his reaction to her book.
z\z "He has told me many times
>^hat he doesn't like it," she said.
don't know if a writer can
>3jrite about other people so that
jSjiey'll like it, unleU Jt is an
>^|uthorized biography. We always
lljfce each other on our own terms.
Zjfiot many biographies have made
people happy."
Be that as it may, Ms.
Reynolds plans to keep up with
;I*iackson and hints that if so;
jheone else does not write an up?
;*3lated biography, she will work
>Jin "Jesse II.V
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I>;; as tor "Jesse i," jacxson wis
;??5ot alone in his dislike of Ms.
;*jfteynolds' portrait of him. Her.
'. ^America's David" is actually an
version of the Jackson
biography she first published in
1975. She said that book, "Jesse
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Jim Thorpe will conduct a mini- Trust Co., Piedmont Publishing
dinic during the tournament. - Co., Summit Communications
Trophies will be awarded and Inc. and Integon.
there will be free beer at the tour- "We expect to realize about
nament, which will be sponsored $30,000 from the concert that will
by the Adolph Coors Co. go to minority journalists," Pitt
The entry fee is S25. said. "The money from the
Saturday, night, convention Winston-Salem corporate com*
participants and the public will be munity will supplement funds
treated to a "jazz explosion/' . already earmarked for scholarsaid
Ernest H. Pitt, the Chroni- ships and is a tremendous gesture
de*s publisher and one of the on their part."
NNPA convention organizers. Pitt said that there will be two
The concert will feature Angela shows: one at 7 p.m. and one at
Boflll, Lonnie Liston Smith and 10 p.m.
Stanley Clarke. "We're hoping to fill both
Pitt said the concert will be shows/' he said, "If we can get
held at the Stevens Center, and 2,000 people to respond to this
will be sponsored by the local program, then we will have our
corporate community. Proceeds $30,000."
from ticket sales will be donated Pitt, who thought of having
to the NNPA Minority Scholar- the concert to raise money for
ship Fund, he said. scholarships, said that he plans to
The corporate sponsors include suggest that the NNPA make it
RJR Nabisco Inc., The 1 lanes an annual event.
Group, Wachovia Bank and "Whenever we have a convenetonc
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jacRson, uic rvian, uie Movement sicau, snc poinis oui tnai JacKson
and the Myth," was, for all prac- is more a reincarnation of Booker
tical purposes, banned. Jt was T. Washington. Calling him a
removed from the shelves in "made-for-TV, multi-media
Chicago, she said, and many of leader/* she said Jackson is more
her book parties promoting the about public relations than King
biography were cancelled. She but is forceful and powerful
said she even had her life much like Washington.
threatened in Chicago after the ???
publication of the first Jackson I
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campaign, however, copies of the I preS6ntS W j
first book began selling for a I fxi - ' iS
reported $100 to $200 apiece. It I h v
was then that Ms. Reynolds I . ^ .
decided to re-issue the biography, I ' j . ^
a decision, she said, that required I /
much sacrifice; I / ?
'The book sold out during the I /Ns
campaign and I didn't even have I J '..-.
a copy because someone had I ,
stolen mine," she recalled. "The I . \ J
publisher was making money off I
my book and 1 didn't have the I
rights to it. I mortgaged my home I
and everything else and I bought ^
the riahts to my own book." 1 .1 < Yj m. J /
Owning therightito Jier own M , ,:t,
book places Ms. Reynolds among I
a rare class of authors that have I
sole ownershiD of their work. ^ ^
She said her book is "selling
well above any expectations I
had.*' ^ *1^1
Ms. Reynolds now distributes ^
her book through her own offices.
Several chapters of Delta
Sigma Theta, of which she is a ^ C%V\0^^
member, also sell the book as a 1#
special project. Ms. Reynolds
said those types of efforts are increasing
her distribution
"Things like what the Deltas
are doing," she said, "allow me
to own my own book." pp:'"" & (
Despite the questions her fin- - Clt\?
dings raise, Ms. Reynolds calls ^uVC w" %\f\0
Jackson a "superb candidate." I '1' %r\Y>U" I
His "flaws are not mortal CSO^ *
flaws," she said. In fact, not only Y. %V\W? *<\ {
does she say that she believes he P
would have been elected in 1984
if it were not for his race, but that j
she would support him in another tBTT
During an appearance on the
"Tony Brown's Journal" televi- ^
sion series in April, Ms. Reynolds I
explained that Jackson is indeed 1^^^^ t W&\S r*tcV*e'
a viable, candidate and that his K***6*' otcW
shortcomings can be overcome. I > \(\ ^ QO?*** ,
"Don't kick , him for his I ^
flaws," she told the live au- I ^NC c,a^e^
dience. "Let's just say, Took, I pnN^sX??
brother, you're not doing this but I ^
we'll pick up the slack.' Where I
are our standards? We've got an
actor (in the White House) who
said, 'Make my day' and thinks
he's in Hollywood. Eisenhower
was a general who had killed people.
We need people with Jesse A a
Jackson's intelligence." I
Even the title of her book, she Hanes Group
said, acknowledges Jackson's ilntOQOn Corporflti
contributions to this country. Piedmont Publish
The "David" in the book's title,
she noted, refers to the biblical . w.
David. Just as David was a hero ^ H??1
who stood against the giant, Ms. . i.
Reynolds said Jackson is a hero r"OF mTQiB II
who has faced a different kind of
Buuiit
Still, Ms. Reynolds stops short Natioi
of dubbing Jackson the Martin
Luther King of the 1980s. In- lfiHBB5S3S53ESSS5SE5fi
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lion, 1 think we should have a 1978, was titled "Angle."
concert," he said. "The net result Albums since then have included
is to attract able and qualifed "Let Me Be The One,"
people to the black press. "Teaser," "Something About
'This is very important," Pitt You" and 'Too Tough."
said of the concert. "It means a Smith, who has been dubbed a
lot not only for the NNPA but "master keyboardist," has
for our community as well. I'm returned after a three-vear break
appealing to our community to to release his album "Dreams of
get their tickets and get them ear- Tomorrow" on the Doctor Jazz
ly. The entertainers ar#fcood. It's record label.
going to be a good show.'* His introduction to music came
Advance tickets are $15 for or- from his father, an original
chestra seats, $13 for balcony member of the Harmonizing
seats. Tickets at the door will be Four Gospel quartet.
116 for orrhrctrn GfefcCt fcttQVrtl fOi fe
for balcony seats, Pitt said. playing, has been noted as "the
Miss Bofill is a vocalist whose man who rewrote the book on
latest album is "Tell Me Tomor- modern bass playing." His new
row." She easily switches from album is "Time Explosure" on
jazz-pop songs to ballads to hip- "the Epic label,
hop. Clarke has performed on the
She has studied at Hartford's albums of other artists as well as
Hartt College of Music and at the several LPs of his own. He has
Manhattan School Of Music. played on the albums of Aretha
Her debut album, released in Franklin, Quincy Jones, San tana
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To many, Ms. Reynolds ap- the strength of a democracy.
pears to contradict herself by "Scrutiny of leadership is importing
out Jackson's flaws and portant," she notes. "We have to
inconsistencies - and, at the same check-and-balance leadership
time, acknowledging hfer support because they hold our hopes and
of him as a candidate. She said dreams. Just because you're
she presents an "inspection of black doesn't excuse you from
leadership," which, she said, is being tested. Black people don't
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He was named Jazz Bassist of
the Year by Playboy magazine's
1983 music poll.
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1940 by John H. Sengstacke,
editor and publisher of the
Chicago "Defender. In an attempt
to bring peace to the troubled
relations among black publishers,
Sengstacke called a meeting.
Representatives from 21
newspapers attended and the ?
organization was born as the j f
Negro Newpwper Publishers *
Association
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The NNPA has continued its
efforts to increase communication
between the publishers and ;
to improve black newspapers
through workshops, symposiums,
contests and a news service,
The NNPA today consists
of about 134 member ]
newspapers, uavis said. ^
demand much from their leaders
- only that they can rap good and
stand up to white people. I J
understand why some of us live
through Jesse Jackson, and all I
am saying is that we should watch
closely, be informed and choose
our leaders carefully.*'
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