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Minister Louis Farrakhan will talk about the upcoming Million
Man March anniversary during his speech Sunday.
Local Muslims to
mark Saviour's Day
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
The local Nation of Islam
mosque will once again sponsor
a live-via-satellite speech by
Minister Louis Farrakhan on
Feb. 27.
Ine speech will
J be given as part of
Saviour's Day activ
> ities. The day honors
Ihe birth of Nation of
Islam founder Fard
Muhammad. The
Farrakhan speech
will be shown at the
Benton Convention
* Center at 3 p.m.
Doors will open at
around 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.
They can be bought at the door;
at Special Occasions bookstore.
112 N. Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive; or Shaba// Restaurant, on
the comer of Fourth Street and
Patterson Avenue.
Farrakhan's message will.be
' He Came That We May Have
Life." He will also address the
need and reasons to revisit Wash
ington. D.C.. this coming Oct. 16
for the 10th anniversary of the
Million Man March.
Saviour's Day weekend will
start on Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. with workshops at the Win
ston Mutual Building. Later that
evening at 7 o'clock there will be
a Saviour's Day 2005 Gala,
which has been titled "A Salute
to Tomorrow's Musicians." It
Muhammad
will take place al the Delta Arts
Center, 2611 New Walkertown
Road, Winston-Salem.
Gala entry/VIP ticket seating
at the convention center is a $20
donation per person.
Minister Mikal
Muhammad, the leader
of the local mosque, is
strongly urging the
general public to take
part in the events.
"Saviour's Day
gives the general pub
lic an opportunity to
learn more about the
purpose of the Nation
of Islam and our dedi
cated humanitarian
service to the uplifting of our
community and city at large," he
said.
For ticket or other informa
tion, call 725-9888 or 788-3863.
Malcolm X
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leaders characterized him as a
demagogue. Bu! his family said
the presentations will dispel that
I portrayal.
At the time, said Malaak
Shabazz. "there weren't that
_ many people of color at the fore
trontls peaking not just for black
and/white issues but human
riants issues. But before he was
j assassinated he was going to
speak at the United Nations to
1 speak on
it he
[ human
' r i' g h t s
i issues
J that faced
' indige
nous peo
i pie and
; people of
color."
The
I collection
will also
reveal a different side of Mal
colm X, his family said.
"Looking at these letters, the
vulnerabilities, the determina
tion, the commitment and the
humanity was really touching."
said IlyasahiShabazz. "You get
to sec that he was a young man;
he was a father, a husband; he
was someone's child."
Other projects also are
aimed at setting the record 1'
straight on Malcolm X. '
Manning Marable. a profes
sor of history and political sci
ence at Columbia University, is
working on a biography he says
will dispel errors in other litera
ture.
"Many of the books that
document Malcolm have major
inaccuracies," said Marable.
"Many are poorly edited and
don't encompass the entirety of
his speeches."
Next year, Percy Sutton,
Malcolm X's personal lawyer
who later served as Manhattan
borough president, is launching
his own project, the Malcolm X
and Dr. Betty Shabazz Living
History Foundation. Its purpose.
Sutton said, will be "for people
to learn ahtnbMjpiister Malcolm
and Dr. Shalwz and what their
contributions were."
The family welcomes
renewed interest in Malcolm X.
"They say that otfr father
changed, that there was this
transformation." said llyasah
Shabazz. "Mon t think it was'a
transformati^i - he evolved."
Making Prom Dreams Come True
Student is collecting
prom dresses for girl ^
who can 't buy them
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Prom night happens only
once a year, and for some high
schoolers it will happen only
once in a lifetime. Securing a
dale for the big dance is half the
battle. But financing the fancy
clothes required for prom festivi
ties can empty the wallets of
teens and their parents who are
strapped for cash. But many high
school girls won't have the luxu
ry of even trying on a gown or
two because of the high dollar
price tags.
Kelly Williamson is deter
mined to make sure that as many
girls as possible can go to their
high school proms this spring in
affordable dresses. The Wake
Forest University junior has
organized a prom dress drive on
campus where students can
donate their formal gowns. Stu
dents like Williamson, who is a
member of Delta Sigma Theta
sorority, attend black-tie events
throughout the school year. She
says many college students will
get only two wears out of dresses
before sticking Jhem in the back
of their dorm closets for good.
Williamson hopes to round up at
least 20 to 30 dresses by Feb. 28.
"Fifty percent of the student
body is involved in Greek life, so
they (attend) semiformals and
formals every semester," said
Williamson, who is a sociology
major at Wake Forest. "I've defi
nitely cleaned out my closet (for
dresses) from my high school
Photo by Courtney GailUrd
Kelly Williamson motet with some of the prom dresses she has collected so far.
years. You only wear those things
once or twice usually. So it's still
pretty new."
She remembers her prom like
it was yesterday and the hours
spent shopping for the Cindercl
la-like dress. The Gastonia native
says budgeting and planning for
prom night should be a fun.
memorable experience - not a
stressful one spent slaving over a
calculator.
"That's your prom, so every
body wants it to be special. You
want to feel like a princess for
that night. I just thought it would
be a good way to help a lot of
girls get a nice dress that is still in
good condition. There's so many
other things you have to pay for
like hair and makeup,"
Williamson said'.
Williamson volunteers with
The Salvation Army through the
Wake Forest Volunteer Service
Corps, which is cosponsoring the
dress drive along with Delta
Sigma Theta.
All of the dresses will be sent
to The Salvation Army Thrift
Store on Patterson Avenue.
George Joyce, director of retail
operations for The Salvation
Army, says the gowns will be on
sale for a fraction of their original
cost.
"We hope that people who
couldn't normally afford a prom
dress can come here and get one
at an affordable price. That's
what we're here for - lending a
helping hand,'1 said Joyce. "Any
dress here will be very afford
able. They will run from any
where to $5 to $20."
Williamson hopes the prom
dress drive will become an annu
al event on the Wake Forest cam
pus. The gowns will be available
at The Salvation Army Thrift
Store, 4239 Patterson Ave., as of
March.
Gowns can be dropped off at
the Volunteer Service Corps
office in Benson University Cen
ter at Wake Forest Monday
through Friday between 9 am.
and I pm. until Feb. 28. For
more information, call 758-5290.
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