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Community celebrates King, charges county with racism ?P" # , - Photo by Mike Cunningham Afro-Americans from all walks of life joined the annual commemorative march In honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. "housands attend commemoration service By TONYA V. SMITH Chronicle Staff Writer Benton Convention Center. ? As he walked the earth, healing Tfie sick and raising the dead, Jesus Drug infestation in our commu- was frequented by interruptions, said nities, the high number of teenage Dr. Wade, his deep and melodic voice pregnancies and political unrest are interruptions in the lives of Winston-Salem resi dents that they must over comeifblacks and whites are to realize Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, said the Rev. Joseph Jones, challenge ing the crowd of more than 1,500 in attendance at the Tenth Annual Noon Hour Commemoration of the slain civil rights leader. Rev. Jones' comments came on the heels of one of Dr. _King's sermons, "Interruptions," Service at MTVPH By KAREN H. JONES Special to the Chronicle An evening service at Macedonia JTrae Vine "Pentecostal Holiness Church culminated Monday's celebration of the Martin Lutner King Jr. holiday. The speaker for the occasion was the Rev; John Mendcz, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church. He | spoke bf the need to "Stop the violence; start the Please see page A6 hummed Dr. Wade. "The life of Jesus was constantly broken by interrup tions." After explaining how costly and far reaching some interruptions can be, Dr. Wade instructed his congregation as to the proper way to respond to them. "Face them as a part of reality. Develop something on the inside to endure them; that's the healthy way, that's the creative way," he said. ,rWhen life's problems hit bringing back the memories of the pastor and prompting amens from the delivered by Ernest M. Wade, direc- audience turned congregation. tor of minority affairs at Wake Forest "Someone out of the crowd University, during the program in the would come to interrupt him," you, don't jump! Go out and write a song. The great ques tion of life is not when will you have the interruptions, the great question of life is how you deal with the interruptions." Putting Dr. King^speech in per spective for the 1990s; Rev. Jones said, "We must not use these words to Please see page A6 N.C. Black Repertory Co. gives special performance By ROBIN BARKS DALE Chronicle Staff Writer Making sure thai no segment of the community was left out of Monday's Martin Luther King Day observances, the North Carolina Black Repertory Company again staged its special cele bration at the Arts Council Theatre. In keeping with its own mission of bringing Afro-Ameri<>an arts to the Twin City, the Black Rep used the occa sion to showcase some of the area's leading talent. Larry Leon Hamlin, the com p a n y ' s execu tive/artis tic direc tor, said that the theatii company annually puts together a celebration that will be attrac tive to all members of fami lies. He said also that the celebration of artistic talent is in keeping with the spirit of King Day observances, "It is extremely important for the public to know that black arts are very much a part of the struggle," said Mr. Hamlin. "The arts also played a part in the civil rights struggle. This celebration that we have is an opportunity for black artists in the community to share in cel ebrating the dream, but in our own spe cial way.'* The observance, held Monday night at the Arts Council Theatre, fea tured monologues, gospel choirs, come dians and rap dancers. Auditions were held last month to pinpoint the leading acts in the area. Mr. Hamlin said that the talent at Monday's program represented a sampling of the skills that are in the community. He said he chose to show case the artists on Dr. King's holiday because the civil rights leader's effort helped make it possible for such artists to perform in public. "We remember him with this cele bration and it recalls his dream," he said. "Auditions are open for any artist in the community. We are extremel> fortunate each year to find new black artists in the com m u n i t y that may have never performed in public If it hadn't been for the cele bration, the public wouldn't have known about them. It's important to give them an opportuni ty to showcase their tal ents. And what bet ter way than at a celebration honoring Dr. King." Mr. Hamlin said that he prefers to maintain the family-type atmosphere at the celebration so that everyone can share in honoring Dr. King. "We looked around at all the observances and there really weren't any that were really conducive to young people," he said. 'The idea is that it is for the entire family. Wc felt that there was a void in that there were few programs that involved young people in observing the holi day. Our program attracts young peo . pie, middle aged people, older people, everybody." A Announcing Our Annual Awards for: Man and Woman of the Year^ Male and Female Athletes of the Year * > * Community Service Award W-S Chronicle's All-County Varsity and JV Football Teams DON 'T MISS THIS SPECIAL EDITION THURSDAY, JAN. 25 % Above all,? he stood for love and respect for all Americans. M.trun Luther Kinj* |r. I(>r>8 CHRYSUR CORPORATION
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