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THE TRIBUNAL AID
WEDNESDAY, Fh^BRUARY 11, 1976
SERVICE TO ALL
SECTION B
-Year-Old Spinning Wheel Hides Slave Trade
Notes & Reminders
TEEN TENNIS CLASS
H.P.-A free teen tennis
class win be taught
Wednesdays, February 11
through April 14, 1976, at
Leonard Street Recreation
Center. Classes will be
from 4:00 to 5:00, and are
open to youths ages 13-18.
Registration is limited to
twelve participants, so call
today to register. Call the
Leonard Street Recreation
Center at 883-2735.
High Point-In celebra
tion of Black History Week
the Southside Branch
Library has scheduled’ a
series of films every
afternoon at 3p.m., begin
ning Thursday, Feb. 12.
Programs will include
shorter filmstories for
younger children and
special features that will
interest older children and
teenagers.
Among the children’s
films scheduled are “A
Story, A Story,” about
Ananse, the African story
teller; “The Boot House,”
a story about small wildlife
that live near a riverbank;
two fairy tales, “The Ugly
Duckling” and “Rapun-
zel;” and “Letter to Amy.”
The feature films, docu
mentaries and dramatiza
tions that reflect the
concerns of young people
today, include “Black and
White and Shades of Gray”
on Friday, Feb. 13; “Color
of Man” on Monday, Feb.
16, and “Ask Me, Don’t
Tell Me” on Tuesday, Feb.
)7. Also scheduled is
“Black and White: Up
tight,” a study of racial
conflicts.
For full information on
Black History Week pro
grams, interested persons
are asked to call the
Southside Branch Library,
located in the Southside
Neighborhood Center, 401
Taylor Street. The tele
phone number is 885-0310.
RALE1GH--Visually im
paired or blind residents of
Greensboro can receive
help in filling out their
federal and state income
tax forms.
Through an arrangement
by the Division of Services
for the Blind of the N.C.
Department of Human
Resources and the federal
and state revenue depart
ments, representatives of
the two tax departments
will be available on
Saturday, February 28,
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
to assist Greensboro’s
visually handicapped per
sons desiring help in filling
out their tax forms.
The service will be
provided at the Industries
of Blind Luncheon located
at 920 West Lee Street.
Those needing further
information may call
274-1591.
SALISBURY--The Asso
ciation of Progressive Black
Democrats of the 8th
Congressional District of
North Carolina will meet
February 12, at 3 p.m., at
the Heart of Albemarle of
Concord, according to the
Rev. James W. Mcllwaine,
Association chairman.
Rep. Lane Brown (D),
Stanley County and candi
date for state treasurer, will
be the featured speaker.
Eighth District counties
include Yadkin, Davie,
Rowan, Cabarrus, Union,
Stanly, Anson, Montgom
ery, Richmond, Moore and
Scotland.
The Association of Pro
gressive Black Democrats
is headquartered in Salis
bury. The Rev. Mcllwaine
is president. Mrs. Julia
Baker of Monroe is
secretary, and Attorney
J.H. Rennick of Wadesboro
and Salisbury is treasurer.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY-Beautiful Fayetteville
State University [N.C.] coed Jannie Spaulding, a native
of Clarkton, N.C., wishes everyone a lovely Valentine’s
Day. Jannie, an iionor roil and Dean’s List student, is a
sophomore early childhood education major. She is
active on campus and is a member of the FSU Modem
Dance Group and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
[FSU PHOTO BY JOHN B. HENDERSON]
Democratic Precinct
Meetings To Be Held
The Democratic Party of
Guilford County will hold
precinct meetings for
election of officers and
committee members, dele
gates to the county, district
and state conventions on
February 12, 1976, at 8:00
p.m. at the polling place in
each precinct. Delegates
selected to attend the
district and state conven
tions will elect the
delegates to the National
Democratic Convention
from among nominees
appointed by the presiden
tial candidates.
Committees for the
County Convention to be
held on March 6 are being
formed. The Nominating
Committee Chairman is
Albert Campbell of High
Point. The Credentials
Committee Chairman are
Jack Hinson of Friendship
Township and Betty Clark
of Jamestown. The Ar
rangements Committee
Chairman is Patricia Wing-
ler of Greensboro.
As required by a
resolution of the 1974
County Convention the
Resolutions Committee
Chairman was to be
announced prior to the
biennial Precinct meetings.
The Resolutions Committee
Chairman is Michael K.
Curtis of Greensboio,
Members of the committee
are Marianne Haworth of
High Point, Hermon Gist of
Greensboro, Pam Kohl of
Greensboro. Richard Tate
Continued on Page 4
If a 100-year-old spinning
wheel could talk, it would
probably tell a fascinating
tale involving some
Greensboro residents.
The narrative, involving
six generations of blacks in
North Carolina, was
uncovered this week during a
tour of the African Heritage
Center at A&T State
University.
The well-preserved
spinning wheel is on display
in the center for Black
History Week, bu( its story
begins in 1876 when the
wheel was presented to
Susan Hall Bright, a
16-year-old ex-slave bride.
“I wanted the story told
because it seems like some
blacks don’t know their
families have lived in
America and contributed
much,” said Miss Jean
Bright, one of Susan’s
surviving granddaughters. “I
want the world to know that
we helped to make America
what it is.”
Susan Hall had been born
in 1860, one of the two
daughters of a slave woman
who lived in the area around
Moiganton, N.C.
When the Civil War broke
out, Susan’s master rode off
to battle on a fine horse and
never returned. The slave
mistress then decided to sell
the two little girls, but she
kept the mother.
She also kept the names
and addresses of the
children’s buyers, and gave
this written information to
her slave.
“As soon as word got
around that the slaves had
been freed after the war,”
said Miss Bright, “the slave
mother announced to her
mistress that she was going
to find her daughters.”
Miss Bright’s grandmother
then began walking ans
showing the names and
addresses to all she met. She
accumulated more
information and directions,
and according to Miss
Bright’s father, was given
food, shelter and sometimes
a ride along the way.
Family members today
aren’t sure how far the
ex-slave’s journey took her,
but many believe it was as
far away as the Georgia or
East Tennessee lines.
It was Susan herself who
recounted the reunion with
her mother many years later.
“One day when I was five
or six years old, I was
picking up stovewood to
carry into the kitchen. That
was one of my jobs. I looked
up to see a tall woman
looking at me and smiling.”
them.
Miss Bright remembers
that both her grandmother
and the slave mistresses lived
to be among the oldest
persons in the community.
Susan died in 1928 at the
age of 65.
It was in 1876 when
Susan was 16 and just
married, that her mother
presented her the spinning
wheel as a wedding present.
One of Miss Bright’s
greatest joys is in recounting
the stpry to her great great
nephews, Ivan and Christina
Smyre, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis Smyre, Jr. of
Greensboro.
The woman volunteered
to assist her in carrying the
wood into the house, and
later revealed that she was
Susan’s mother. She later
found her other daughter
and returned home with
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Long interested in black
history an culture, she
currently teaches English at
A&T, and was co-editor of a
book, “Images of the Negro
in America.”
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