Did you celebrate Black History Month ? f/019~®:ap MarchS,1978 111elllac:li._....Vo6-ofNodla...._..~ In case you didn't know, the entire past month has been Black History Month, when we as black people can look upon our past and all our great leaders we have had and say , " We are Proud! " A countle ss number of programs , pres entation s. lecture s and other events have been presented in a number of places . Locally , the Amilcar Cabral Student C,enter in conjunction with the African-Americ an lnstitute 's Librar y, have presented numerou s activities . Unfortunately , due to the recent snow storm , some of the events have had to b e re scheduled . They a re a s follows: Dr. John Henrik Oarke, Professor at Hunter College in New York will lecture on March 1 at 7 p.m. in the Cabral r.eoter: the films, " I Am An Afro-American" and " George Jackson " will be shown on March 6 at 11:45 a.m. in the Cabral C.eoter and Boston School C.Ommittee member John D. O'Bryant will be in attendance on March 9 at 11:45 a .m. in the Center . The ONYX staff did its utmost to cover as many events as possible in respect to the many people who have tried to give the celebration of Black History phOto by J-, Solu, Month meaning . Scent from pot luck luncheon hd d lU1 Friday at African-American Institut e The institute presents a Literary Extravaganza CommunicationsMedia '' A Salute to Black of Love,' ' '' Moments of Truth ,'' a 101 ofmo vement was presented Expressions' ' was 1he theme or "Unr equited Love" and " Their by Thomas Gordon, Melanie the evening and man y or Pressure vs. Our Needs.'' Stevenson, Yvonne Th omas and Symposium March11 Nort heastern' s black students and After "U mi1led by Calvin Fine Simmon s. gues1s made th e most or i1 with Anderson, of Boston College, Poet-ic works ~ reco minued by On Ma rch 11 , 1978, at cation , but ume ww also be posit ive e'"pressions and fttl ings Keith Johnson did "Co nceptions Anthony VanOcr Meer with North e astern Universit y, in devoted to broadcast jour ­ durin g a literary u travaganza on of Me, Myself and I" o n teno r " Identity,' ' '' Where Are You th e Carl S. Ell Student nalism. film and audio visual Feb. 21. saxap honc. The piece was Black Man ," ' "Big Shit " and Center , ther e will be a production . Theresa Ca1dwell opened up tht musically expressive and f~ tured " Don't Quit No"'-" Donna Hill Sympo sium of Communica ­ The Symposium will con ­ readings ar1er a slide presenta1oin ligh1ening fast lincst ha1 had the read from "Co ncep1ions of tions Media , fea turing th e sist of various panel discu s­ by Winnie Day and 1he au ending audience taking no1ice. Myself During Summer of "77,'' Blac k Stud ent P erspective . sions with editors of student introduc 1ion 10 1he evening's Ne,;l was Lar ry Halfkcnny who " Black Chile,'' and "Poem #8." Ma ny i ss ues confrontin g th e new spapers from different procredings by Verdaya Brown. did " EJ Hajj Malik El Shabau" Brian Johnso n read "U nt itled," c bla ck communi ty within pre­ colleges and profesisonal Mi~ Ca ldwell did a dramat i and "Co ltrainc." A sensuous ""Un titled," "Poe m .ltl J" by dominatel y white college s men and women from within reading by Harrie1 Tubman. dance by FrancoisC raiga nd Sonia Sanchez and " O early She was followed by readinp was graceful. and univer sities hav e bee n the community . They will be Monique Dcnizc Black" by Ramona Edel in. by Robin A . Coley, who did Later in the progra m, t hey also other reading by Larry articul ated throu gh variou s ther e to help answer ques • After an " Never Never Lisi" and " In read ' 'Pretty As Black Can Be, ' ' Halllcenny, the evening was modes of stud ent publica­ tion s y ou might have con­ Morator ium," Prof. Philip " 8' ack Is closed out by a conga solo by tions and in a ddition th e cerning Journali sm and th e "T ell It Like II Is," d " Tomorrow." Brian Th omas 1ha1 was fast paced ium will look at th e media . The serie s of event s Rob imon w ho re ndered "Spi rits Beaut iful" an Sympo s Another dance, very fluid with and torr id 1hro ughou1. histori ca l import a nces of wi.lJ begin at 8 a .m. on bla ck student new spap ers March 11 and end at 5 p.m. betw ee n 1966-1978 . From 5:30 until 9 p.m. ther e Thi s Sympo sium will focus will be a reception . The on th e black stud ent new s­ Symposium i s op en to an y paper, a key stud ent publi- interes ted individual. It's a day y ou don 't want to mis s. Harrriet Tubman stamp issued Honoring the obse rva nce in black lype at tne to p ot the Inside The Onyx of Bl eck Histor y Mo nth . lh e sta mp end "'Blarlc Heritage U.S. Posta l Service has USA 13c" in white anchors l l,11 r,d lull 'l,l issued a multi-colored. 13· the bo tl om. cen t commemo ra tive stamp Colors Appearing in the ded ica led lo freedom s lAmp include, ye llow, tan, Career Ex po '78 has exce ptional year. figh ter, H nrr iel Tubma n. green, black, cya n a nd ma­ Page 7 The ver tice I. sh1 nd a rd­ genta. Stamps w ill be issued size s ta mp is the firs t in a nt 50 per p a ne a nd sh oul d be First vice p resident of public a ffairs a new Blad.. Herit age USA now ava ila ble a t loca l pos t n am ed . Page 3 Series recog nizing the vast offices. con t ribut ions of Block Burn into slavery abo u t Amer icans to the growth 1820 in Oorc:hestcr County. and deve lopment uf the Md .. Mrs. TubmHn esf"aped United Sta les. to frnndom in Pannsvlvanie I dreamt death come the other night The stamp was designtul 1n 1849 :\ sl rung blar.L. And heaucn's got<• swung widf •, bv New York dosi~ncr Jerrv wuman. Mrs. TubmHn n1u ld­ An on~d with halo bright usher ed m t insid e. Pinlnev un the basis of a n'I live with the thou~hl thnl Aud rl;c·n •~ To my astonishment. stood folks photogrHph of Mrs. Tubman. she was fret> while thous /'cl jurlgt ·d w,d lah cled A similar pnrtrnit or her and~ or her brothers and As quiff' " ur1fit ," of lirtlr u:orlh," one/ spiritua lly disabft>d. resides in the Harriet Tub­ sisters still wen, in bondage l,ul19nunt u·nrds ro,;,· to my l:p!>. man Hou<ic n t 56fi C:olumbl!, She made ,.1bout 20 trips Bui 1wurr uc·n· ,,· r frcc·. Avo. Included on th e s tump burk in lo t he slave country, n t he her own Jife and I or ,.,,,·r~• Jut,. ,tu11i·nl ,ru,i,u·d ,urp, ist· is a horse-drHwn car t i rh1kod na me - - - - - - - - - .\'p/ ,1111·1 ·,,H·,- rnl mc·' foregro und. The when she was done, over • - - - '"Ha rr iet Tubman" ap pears 300 slaves were freed. PAGE 2 THE ONYX M"c:h 8, 1978 Days calls for end to dual education systems by an all-white power The subject orenhancing "Over the next nine years, Louisiana in which the represent only part of the equal educational there were a serie~ of effects of raClal dualism ere structure, the ill.evitable administration's efforts in opportunities by dismantling hearings in which the court evident. most apparent in result is an unequal. and in the area of higher racially dual systems of considered the state's Louisiana, Mr. Days said. some cases, subordinate education, Mrs. Days said. higher education and by progress - or lack of "ln en effort to ensure the role for the black In the early 1970's, HEW ruled that 10 eliminating the continued progress - in achieving separation of the races, the institutions. states were effects of past desegregation. Outside of "What should be done still operating dual systems state established separate of higher education, in discriminatory practices Nashville, the state made institutions and separate about redressing this was discussed recently slow but steady progress in discrimination is not so violation of Title Vl of the educational programs in the I 964 Civil Rights Act." during the National enrolling blacks at the same localities. Hence, for apparent. The courts, the In 1973, the district and Conference of Bleck traditionally white colleges, every campus of Louisiana government and the parties circuit Lawyers in Baton Rouge, La. and the percentage of blacks to the current litigation are cou'fts in the District of State University (Baton Columbia ordered Drew S. Deys.111. who went to college doubled Rouge, New Orleans and charged with the HE'A' to assistant attorney general in between 1968 and 1976. ln responsibility for making the demand acceptab le Shreveport) we need only desegregation plans from the Civil Rights division of fact. over 18 percent of look across town to find a right decisions regarding the the department of Justice college freshmen in 1976 future of 1he black those states.