; Two kids from New York, one from Booklyn, the
other from Roosevelt Island. Childhood friends,
they hadn't hung out for a while tQ they hooked up
one day at the crossroads of the world, "the
Deuce," Time Square”-42nd Street. At that
time, Double-O schooled Velore on some new fresh
fr*ets he bad been putting together out on Roosevelt
Island. Both agreed the beats were def enough and
large enough to put vocals over, so they decided to
get busy, putting Velore & Double-O into effect. In
late 1986, Velore & Double-O signed with Inva
sion Records, and a licensing deal with Virgin
was arranged in 1967. During this time, fashion
designer David Cameron picked up on the pair
and as accompaniment for a video of his Spring
'87 collections.
BET Airs AIDS Documentary Thursday
Black Entertainment Television
(BET) and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services are
cooperating on a special hour-long
documentary to further educate
and inform black Americans about
the deadly AIDS disease. The doc
umentary is the first of its kind to
target blacks on a national basis.
The timely documentary, "AIDS
in the Black Community", will air
Thursday, October 22 at 7 .-00 p.m.
Eastern, 4:00 p jn. Pacific and 5:00
j£jn. Central time on all cable sy
tarms carrying BET. fy
BET will continue the AIDS dis
cussion in a one hour follow-up,
call-in program, which will air at a
special time October 22, at 8:00
p.m. Eastern time, immediately af
ter the documentary. Paul Berry,
BET New* anchor, will host the
documentary follow-up program.
The show will give viewers the op
portunity to call in and talk direct
ly to experts about their AIDS con
cerns while questions are still hash
in their minds.
Since 1981 when Acquired Im
mune Deficiency Syndrome was
recognized, AIDS has reached epi
demic proportions in this country.
Many in the black community still
consider AIDS a disease that af
flicts white males and gays, when
in fact, among heterosexual vic
tims, the black community has
been disproportionately affected.
HHS and other agencies are
seeking to reach every American
with the facts about AIDS during
October, proclaimed by President
Reagan as AIDS Awareness and
Prevention Month.
Stephanie Lee-Miller, HHS as
sistant secretary for public affairs,
said, "It is particularly important
that a special outreach be under
taken to dramatize, in documen
tary format, what is going on in
the black community with people
who contract AIDS, their families
and the health professionals cop
ing with this disease".
Robert Johnson,BET president,
and Mrs. Lee-Miller, considered
BET, which garners high ratings
among male and female audiences
age 18 to 46, to be a prime vehicle
for reaching millions of black
Americans on a national basis.
In the October 22 documentary
BET presents candid conversa
tions about AIDS from black
Americans in Washington, DC,
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
and Atlanta, GA. A common
thread repeated again and again
was: "Black people need to admit
that AIDS is a problem in our com
munity".
These selected statistics clearly
focus on the reality of AIDS in the
black community: Although blacks
constitute only 12 percent of the
nation's population, around 24
percent of AIDS patients are black;
52 percent of female patients with
AIDS are black; 48 percent of the
heterosexual patients are black;
and 61 percent of children who ac
quired AIDS perinatally are black.
Dr. Rudolph Jackson, medical
consultant with the AIDS program
for the Centers for Disease Control
and professor of pediatrics at the
Morehouse School of Medicine,
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summed up the scope or the prob
lem this way: "It is projected that
one and a half million folks in this
country are infected with the
AIDS virus (and) approximately
40 percent, all told, of the numbers
of cases reported to date have been
reported in minorities".
"Although 'Aids in the Black
Community' is not full of statistical
data and medical jargon which
might tend to alienate the targeted
audience, some statistics were ab
solutely necessary to demonstrate
the magnitude of the problem",
said Deborah Tang, executive
producer.
Emphasizing that the goal of the
program is to eliminate myths and
inform, Producer Tang said, "We
made a special effort to talk to a
variety of people, from the grass
roots person, such as the intrave
nous drug abusers, to black gays
with AIDS, to bisexuals, as well as
to organizers of grassroots pro
grams and medical professionals".
Groups in BGTs broadcast cov
erage areas are being asked to
form viewing parties in their
homes with the expectation that
through them the facts about
AIDS will be given additional at
tention in the community.
I
NAACP Celebrates Image Awards
HOLLYWOOD, CA •• It was
1965 and all of Hollywood (or al
most all of Hollywood) was pre
paring for the biggest event of the
year -- the Academy Awards
show.
But on this fateful day in 1965,
preparations were also underway
for a major demonstration and
picket that would focus national
Attention on the plight of Blacks in
the entertainment industry. This
action led to preliminary discus
sions with major Hollywood studi
os, television companies and
record label executives on such is
sues as mors meaningful roles for
Blacks, jobs as writers, producers,
directors, and technicians, and
more opportunities for Blacks to
advanee within the entertainment
industry corporations.
Tha NAACP than decided to take
the iseue of full and equal opportu
nity a etep ftirther. An awards eye
tam which would honor thooo arti
sans, craftsman, technicians and
executives who contributed to the
positive portrayal of Blacks was
created. Thus an entirely new era
ill the entertainment award was
initiated by the NAACP with the
creation of "THE IMAGE
AWARD". ' • ; -
What began as a smell dinner
with a law award presentations,
has grown to become the largest
and oldest awards show of ita
Und. Now in its 20th year, tha eo
vstad statuette has established it
self among other major swards
through years of phenomenal
growth and acceptance by the
many recipients, supporters and
the entertainment industry itself.
Efforts were made for several
years to televise this prestigious
show so that millions of Americans
would be able to share in the posi
tive and enriching images that this
award represents. Finally, in 1981
and 1983, the 14th and 16th Image
Awards were televised through
syndication.
But Willis Edwards, President of
the Beverly Hilla/Hollywood
Chapter (hoots of the annual lets)
declared that ho would not rest un
til this historical show aired on na
tional television.his diligence and
eoimnitraent, the 19th Annual Im
age Awards was broadcast on the
NBC network on January 17,
1987.
Thanks to President Edwards,
other NAACP chapters around the
country and the millions of view
ers who tuned in, the 20th Anni
versary show will be taped on De
cember 13, 1987 at the Wfltern
Theatre in Los Angeles for broad
cast at a later date on NBC once
again.
This year, the 20th Anniversary
Image Awards show will prove to.
be the most spectacular and star
studded event in the history at the
show, with many surprises that
will certainly be recorded in the
annals of entertainment history.
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Benefit For Charlotte Repertory
Inspires Additional Performances ■ "
The Friends of Charlotte Reper
tory Theatre are hosting a benefit,
"AN EVENING WITH CLAR
ENCE DARROW," on October 17.
Two additional performances
have been scheduled, one on Octo
ber 21 for the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Schools sponsored
by the Friends of Charlotte Reper
tory and the other, on October 20,
for the general public sponsored
by Commonwealth Land Title
Company of North Carolina. Both
will be held at Spirit Square in
NCNB Performance Place.
On October 20 the one-man
show "AN EVENING WITH
CLARENCE DARROW" will be
performed, sponsored by Com
monwealth Land Title Company.
The show was originally sched
uled to play once on October 17 as
a special benefit produced by the
Friends of Charlotte Repertory
Theatre. However, when Com
monwealth became aware of the
opportunity to make this popular
show available to all of Charlotte,
they quickly took action. Common
wealth Land Title Company will
sponsor the show for that evening.
"We felt that everyone in Char
lotte should have the opportunity
to see this production. I feel that
this is especially significant to the
law community; Clarence Darrow
was one of America's greatest de
fense attorneys. His controversial
cases helped usher the U.S. legal
system into the 20th century," said
L. Hunter Meacham, Jr., Vice
President of Commonwealth Land
Title Company.
On October 21 "AN EVENING
WITH CLARENCE DARROW"
will again be performed this time
as a benefit for all students in the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg area
schools. The show will be availa
ble to all high schools; tickets are
being distributed by school author
ities, and admission is free.
"Operating in the summer has
made it difficult for us to serve
more than a portion of our poten
tial constituency. Now, for the
first time, we have the opportunity
to present an entertaining and his
torically relevant production,
while schools are in session. Col
lectively hosting a student perfor
mance with Spirit Square and The
Friends of Charlotte Repertory
Theatre will set the stage for a
long and fruitful relationship with
the Charlotte-Mecklenburg atea
schools.” said Mark Woods, Pro
ducing Director of Charlotte Re
pertory Theatre.
David Lenthall, well known to
Charlotteans for his roles in "THE
FOREIGNER" and "GREATER
TUNA", will portray the attorney
as he reviews much of America s
legal history with spirit, wit, and
compassion. Darrow will relive
some of his greatest courtroom
battles including the Leopold-Loeb
case and the Scopes-Monkey Trial.
Tickets are available for the 17th
and 20th. Call the Charlotte Re
pertory Theatre box office at 333
8587.
UNCC Displays R&B Exhibit
The colorful and significant
history of the early years of
rhythm and blues in America is
the subject of a photography exhib
it on display Oct. 17-Nov. 17 in
the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte's Cone Center Gal
lery.
The exhibit, "Rhythm and
Blues: Black American Popular
Music: 1945-1955,” features 51
photographs with descriptive text
highlighting the formative years
of a musical tradition which re
mains a dominant force in popu
lar music to the present day. Art
ists pictured include Joe Turner,
Fats Domino, Louis Jordan, Nat
"King" Cole, the Orioles, the
Tympany Five and Chuck Berry
along with photos from early
dance halls and theatres. The ex
hibit is on loan from the SmithSo
nian Institution Traveling Exhi
bition Service.
Cone Gallery hours are 8 a.m. -
11 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, noon
4 p.m. Saturday and 1-11 p.m.
Sundays. For further informa
tion call 547-2521.
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